Translation of a pediatric asthma-management program into a community in Connecticut

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-18

  Cloutier, Michelle M ^a,b   Wakefield, Dorothy B ^b  

^a Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; And quality of care; Epidemiology; Health disparities; Latino health

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS;

EID: 78650785280     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1943     Document Type: Article

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