Community violence and urban childhood asthma: A multilevel analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1400-1409

  Sternthal, M J ^a   Jun, H J ^b   Earls, F ^a,c   Wright, R J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Collective efficacy; Community violence; Multilevel analyses; Neighbourhood disadvantage; Social disorder

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPOSURE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78649360032     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003010     Document Type: Article

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