Inequalities in neighborhood child asthma admission rates and underlying community characteristics in one US county

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Beck, Andrew F ^a   Moncrief, Terri ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Simmons, Jeffrey M ^a   Sauers, Hadley ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Kahn, Robert S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCHMC; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; GCARS; Greater Cincinnati Asthma Risks Study; SES; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAR; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880609032     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.064     Document Type: Article

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