Racial and ethnic differences in the management of childhood asthma in the United States

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 785-791

  Mcdaniel, Marla K ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Children; Mexican American; National Health Interview Survey; Puerto Rican; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866414118     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2012.702840     Document Type: Article

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