Socio-demographic disparities of childhood asthma

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 358-369

  Crespo, Noe C ^a   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^a   Vercammen Grandjean, Christopher D ^b   Slymen, Donald J ^a   Elder, John P ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Childhood illness; Culture and cultural issues; Ethnicity; Inequalities in health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84860629423     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493510397680     Document Type: Article

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