Social environment and asthma: Associations with crime and no child left behind programmes

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 859-865

  Shankardass, Ketan ^a,b   Jerrett, Michael ^c   Milam, Joel ^b   Richardson, Jean ^b   Berhane, Kiros ^b   McConnell, Rob ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955151059     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.102806     Document Type: Article

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