Effects of a school-based intervention for urban adolescents with asthma a controlled trial

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 998-1006

  Bruzzese, Jean Marie ^a,c   Sheares, Beverley J ^b   Vincent, Elisa J ^b   Du, Yunling ^b   Sadeghi, Hossein ^b   Levison, Moshe J ^b   Mellins, Robert B ^b   Evans, David ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Intervention; School based; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79954568604     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201003-0429OC     Document Type: Article

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