The Impact of Parent's Health Literacy on Pediatric Asthma Outcomes

Pediatric, Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-26

  Harrington, Kathleen F ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Magruder, Teresa ^c   Bailey, William C ^a   Gerald, Lynn B ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84924967473     PISSN: 2151321X     EISSN: 21513228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ped.2014.0379     Document Type: Article

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