Parental attitudes towards the management of asthma in ethnic minorities
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Parental attitudes towards the management of asthma in ethnic minorities.
OBJECTIVES Children from Indian and Pakistani (South Asian) and black minority groups have relatively high rates of attendance at accident and emergency (A&E) departments and admissions to hospital in the UK. We examine parents' beliefs and management of childhood asthma that possibly contribute to their greater use of hospital services. DESIGN Questionnaire survey. SETTING Three London hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.112037