The lung corps' approach to reducing health disparities in respiratory disease

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 655-660

  Thakur, Neeta ^a   McGarry, Meghan E ^a   Oh, Sam S ^a   Galanter, Joshua M ^a   Finn, Patricia W ^b   Burchard, Esteban G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Thoracic Society; Health disparities; Health policy; Lung Corps; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PULMONOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903557754     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201402-061AR     Document Type: Article

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