Areas with high rates of police-reported violent crime have higher rates of childhood asthma morbidity

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 175-182.e1

  Beck, Andrew F ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Ryan, Patrick H ^a   Sandel, Megan T ^b   Chen, Chen ^a   Kahn, Robert S ^a  

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

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Health; Geography; Neighborhood; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC; UNEMPLOYMENT; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; OHIO; POLICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959486771     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.018     Document Type: Article

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