Racial and ethnic differences in the use of environmental control practices among children with asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 507-512

  Roy, Angkana ^a   Wisnivesky, Juan P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma prevention and control; Environmental exposure; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATTRESS COVER; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PATIENT COUNSELING; PET AVOIDANCE; PILLOW COVER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKE AVOIDANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953853389     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770901003734314     Document Type: Article

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