Overcoming heterogeneity in pediatric asthma: Tobacco smoke and asthma characteristics within phenotypic clusters in an African American cohort

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 728-734

  Benton, Angela S ^a   Wang, Zuyi ^a,b   Lerner, Jennifer ^a   Foerster, Matthew ^a   Teach, Stephen J ^a,b   Freishtat, Robert J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; cluster analysis; eosinophils; neutrophils; phenotype; tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

COTININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOBACCO SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ASTHMA; ETHNOLOGY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77956506946     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.491142     Document Type: Article

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