Social and environmental stressors in the home and childhood asthma

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 636-642

  Suglia, Shakira Franco ^a   Duarte, Cristiane S ^b   Sandel, Megan T ^c   Wright, Rosalind J ^c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL IMPACT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955641945     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.082842     Document Type: Article

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