The Saskatchewan rural health study: An application of a population health framework to understand respiratory health outcomes

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pahwa, Punam ^a,b   Karunanayake, Chandima P ^a   Hagel, Louise ^a   Janzen, Bonnie ^b   Pickett, William ^a,c,d   Rennie, Donna ^a,e   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^f   Lawson, Josh ^a   Kirychuk, Shelley ^a   Dosman, James ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic bronchitis; Contextual; Population health framework; Pulmonary function; Respiratory; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SASKATCHEWAN; SKIN TESTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864401027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-400     Document Type: Article

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