Impact of Asthma on Educational Attainment in a Socioeconomically Deprived Population: A Study Linking Health, Education and Social Care Datasets

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Sturdy, Pat ^a   Bremner, Stephen ^a   Harper, Gill ^b   Mayhew, Les ^b   Eldridge, Sandra ^a   Eversley, John ^c   Sheikh, Aziz ^d   Hunter, Susan ^a   Boomla, Kambiz ^a   Feder, Gene ^e   Prescott, Keith ^a   Griffiths, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84869123997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043977     Document Type: Article

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