Healthy homes: In-home environmental asthma intervention in a diverse urban community

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 665-671

  Turcotte, David A ^a   Alker, Heather ^b   Chaves, Emily ^c   Gore, Rebecca ^c   Woskie, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896540173     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301695     Document Type: Article

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