Asthma Mitigation Strategies. Professional, Charitable, and Community Coalitions

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Keirns, Carla C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLLUTION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASTHMA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 71849086331     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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