URBAN CHILDREN AND ASTHMA - MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY

Authors
EGGLESTON PA
Citation
Pa. Eggleston, URBAN CHILDREN AND ASTHMA - MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY, Immunology and allergy clinics of North America, 18(1), 1998, pp. 75
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Allergy,Immunology
Journal title
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
08898561
Volume
18
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8561(1998)18:1<75:UCAA-M>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Within the United States, asthma morbidity and mortality has increased disproportionately among poor, minority children living in inner citi es. This article reviews access to medical care, patterns of medicatio n, psychosocial stress, and environmental exposures and asthma.