Asthma-related school absenteeism and school concentration of low-income students in California

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Meng, Ying Ying ^a   Babey, Susan H ^b   Wolstein, Joelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84864849249     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110312     Document Type: Article

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