Healthy homes university: A home-based environmental intervention and education program for families with pediatric asthma in Michigan

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 14-26

  Largo, Thomas W ^a   Borgialli, Michele ^a   Wisinski, Courtney L ^a   Wahl, Robert L ^a   Priem, Wesley F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957848618     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s104     Document Type: Article

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