Individual-level socioeconomic status is associated with worse asthma morbidity in patients with asthma

Respiratory Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bacon, Simon L ^a,b,c   Bouchard, Anne ^a,d   Loucks, Eric B ^e   Lavoie, Kim L ^a,b,d  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ASTHMA SELF EFFICACY SCALE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449083840     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-10-125     Document Type: Article

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