Impact of socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity on quality of life in patients with cystic fibrosis in the United States

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 642-650

  Quittner, Alexandra L ^a   Schechter, Michael S ^b   Rasouliyan, Lawrence ^c   Haselkorn, Tmirah ^d   Pasta, David J ^c   Wagener, Jeffrey S ^e  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EpiMetrix Inc   (United States)

^e University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949502126     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0345     Document Type: Article

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