Assessing asthma severity among children and adults with current asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 610-617

  Zahran, Hatice S ^a   Bailey, Cathy M ^a   Qin, Xiaoting ^a   Moorman, Jeanne E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma control; Current asthma; Demographic characteristics; Intermittent asthma; Low income; Persistent asthma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; SMOKING;

ASTHMA CONTROL; CURRENT ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; LOW INCOME; PERSISTENT ASTHMA; RISK FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904329043     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.892966     Document Type: Article

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