Work-related asthma, financial barriers to asthma care, and adverse asthma outcomes: Asthma call-back survey, 37 states and District of Columbia, 2006 to 2008

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1097-1104

  Knoeller, Gretchen E ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Moorman, Jeanne E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; emergency department; healthcare costs; occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355160327     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31823639b9     Document Type: Review

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