Asthma in hispanics: An 8-year update

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1316-1327

  Rosser, Franziska J ^a   Forno, Erick ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^b,c   Celedón, Juan C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Laboratorio de Investigaciones FEPIS   (Ecuador)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetics; Hispanics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASCARIS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COSTA RICA; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ASTHMA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901765571     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201401-0186PP     Document Type: Review

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