Risk factors for asthma prevalence and chronic respiratory illnesses among residents of different neighbourhoods in Buffalo, New York

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 951-957

  Lwebuqa Mukasa, Jamson S ^a   Oyana, Tonny J ^a,b   Wydro, Paulette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK FACTOR;

AGE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

BUFFALO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044220238     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.015750     Document Type: Review

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