Beginning school with asthma independently predicts low achievement in a prospective cohort of children

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1349-1355

  Liberty, Kathleen A ^a   Pattemore, Philip ^b   Reid, James ^c   Tarren Sweeney, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 78649838771     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0543     Document Type: Article

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