Exposure to home and school environmental triggers and asthma morbidity in Chicago inner-city children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 734-741

  Banda, Elizabeth ^a   Persky, Victoria ^a   Chisum, Gay ^b   Damitz, Maureen ^b   Williams, Rhonda ^b   Turyk, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma age groups; Asthma emergency department visit; Asthma hospitalization; Asthma morbidity; Indoor asthma triggers; Inner city children

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS;

ASTHMA AGE GROUPS; ASTHMA EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT; ASTHMA HOSPITALIZATION; ASTHMA MORBIDITY; INDOOR ASTHMA TRIGGERS; INNER-CITY CHILDREN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84890310763     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12162     Document Type: Article

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