Epidemiology of Asthma in the United States

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Follenweider, Linda M ^a   Lambertino, Anissa ^a  

^a Health Management Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875239557     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2012.12.008     Document Type: Review

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