Parent perceptions of neighborhood stressors are associated with general health and child respiratory health among low-income, urban families

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-289

  Quinn, Kelly ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b   Siddiqi, Arjumand ^a   Yeatts, Karin B ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951130718     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770901003605324     Document Type: Article

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