Socioeconomic Factors and Home Allergen Exposure in Children With Asthma

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Ungar, Wendy J ^a   Cope, Shannon F ^a   Kozyrskyj, Anita ^a   Paterson, J Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

allergen; Asthma; children; disease management; environment; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77049118758     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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