Mediators of the socioeconomic gradient in outcomes of adult asthma and rhinitis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Trupin, Laura ^a,c   Katz, Patricia P ^a   Balmes, John R ^a,b   Chen, Hubert ^a   Yelin, Edward H ^a   Omachi, Theodore ^a   Blanc, Paul D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872545685     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300938     Document Type: Article

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