Individual, housing, and neighborhood correlates of asthma among young urban children

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-129

  Holt, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Theall, Katherine P ^a   Rabito, Felicia A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Economic; Neighborhood; Social; Young children

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878521435     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9709-3     Document Type: Article

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