Ethnicity and Risk of Hospitalization for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 615-622

  Tran, H Nicole ^a   Siu, Stanton ^a   Iribarren, Carlos ^b   Udaltsova, Natalia ^b   Klatsky, Arthur L ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; Asian Americans; Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Cohort Studies; Epidemiology; Ethnic Groups; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; JAPANESE; KOREA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SMOKING; VIET NAM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960001782     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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