Effect of weatherization combined with community health worker in-home education on asthma control

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Breysse, Jill ^a   Dixon, Sherry ^a   Gregory, Joel ^b   Jacobs, David E ^a   Krieger, James ^c  

^a National Center for Healthy Housing   (United States)

^b King County Housing Authority   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; WASHINGTON; WEATHER;

EID: 84891724423     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301402     Document Type: Article

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