Parental numeracy and asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children

Chest

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-98

  Rosas Salazar, Christian ^a   Ramratnam, Sima K ^a   Brehm, John M ^a   Han, Yueh Ying ^a   Acosta Pérez, Edna ^b   Alvarez, María ^b   Colón Semidey, Angel ^b   Canino, Glorisa ^b   Apter, Andrea J ^c   Celedón, Juan C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA NUMERACY QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84880061324     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2693     Document Type: Article

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