Respiratory health equality in the United States: The American thoracic society perspective

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 473-479

  Celedón, Juan C ^a   Roman, Jesse ^b   Schraufnagel, Dean E ^c   Thomas, Alvin ^d   Samet, Jonathan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Health policy; Health status disparities; Respiratory tract diseases; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RESPIRATORY CARE; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; POVERTY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903575392     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201402-059PS     Document Type: Article

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