Social and family-related correlates of medical care utilization by asthmatic children in Upper Silesia, Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-145

  Zejda, Jan E ^a   Brozek, Grzegorz M ^a   Farnik, Malgorzata ^a   Smółka, Irena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Medical services; Population based study; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84859461628     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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