High asthma prevalence and increased morbidity among rural children in a Medicaid cohort

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-473

  Valet, Robert S ^a   Gebretsadik, Tebeb ^a   Carroll, Kecia N ^a   Wu, Pingsheng ^a   Dupont, William D ^a   Mitchel, Edward F ^a   Hartert, Tina V ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957902713     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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