Factors associated with disparities in emergency department use among Latino children with asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 266-270

  Canino, Glorisa ^a   Garro, Aris ^b   Alvarez, Maria M ^a   Colón Semidey, Angel ^a   Esteban, Cynthia ^b   Fritz, Gregory ^b   Koinis Mitchell, Daphne ^b   Kopel, Sheryl J ^b   Ortega, Alexander N ^c   Seifer, Ronald ^b   McQuaid, Elizabeth L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD RISK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUERTO RICO; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 84859422815     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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