The relationship of season of birth to asthma and allergy in urban African American children from 10 to 13 years of age

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1037-1043

  Clark, Noreen M ^a   Baptist, Alan P ^a   Ko, Yi An ^a   Leo, Harvey L ^a,b   Song, Peter X K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American children; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Atopy; Low income; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONSULTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84874124985     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2012.739239     Document Type: Article

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