Mothers, places and risk of hospitalization for childhood asthma: a nationwide study from Sweden: Epidemiology of Allergic Disease.

Summary, in English

This study examines whether neighbourhood deprivation increases the risk of hospitalization for childhood asthma, after accounting for individual-level maternal socio-demographic characteristics.

• Author: Xinjun Li; Jan Sundquist; Susanna Calling; Bengt Zöller; Kristina Sundquist
• Department/s: Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle; Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Pages: 652-658
• Publication/Series: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 6
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23711127?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cea.12093
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley
• Topic: Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
• Status: Published
• Research group: Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1365-2222