Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 583-591 , June 2010

Factors Related to Undiagnosed Asthma in Urban Adolescents: A Multilevel Approach

  • Sheryl Magzamen, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sheryl Magzamen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 302, Seattle, WA 98105.
    • ,
  • Ira B. Tager, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California

Received 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00627-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.203

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 583-591 , June 2010

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