Health disparities in asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1033-1035

  Forno, Erick ^a   Celedón, Juan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DIET; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASTHMA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861380441     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201202-0350ED     Document Type: Editorial

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