Regional and racial disparities in asthma hospitalizations in Mississippi

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 636-642

  Roy, Sitesh Ranen ^a   McGinty, Emma Elizabeth ^b   Hayes, Sandra Carr ^c   Zhang, Lei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; disparity; hospitalization; race; rural; urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649265746     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.11.046     Document Type: Article

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