Socioeconomic status and its relationship to chronic respiratory disease

Advances in Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 97-108

  Sahni, Sonu ^a,b   Talwar, Ankoor ^c   Khanijo, Sameer ^a   Talwar, Arunabh ^a  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b Touro University College of Pharmacy and School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Chronic respiratory disease; Disease severity; Pulmonary disease; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85029591173     PISSN: 24514934     EISSN: 25436031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/ARM.2017.0016     Document Type: Review

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