An official american thoracic society/european respiratory society policy statement: Disparities in respiratory health

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 865-871

  Schraufnagel, Dean E ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^a   Kraft, Monica ^a   Gaga, Mina ^a   Finn, Patricia W ^a   Rabe, Klaus F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MORBIDITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SLEEP MEDICINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886289404     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00062113     Document Type: Article

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