Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 361-371 , November 2007

“One Gets So Afraid”: Latino Families and Asthma Management—An Exploratory Study

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 This study was funded by the University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Center for Vulnerable Populations Research (CVPR) National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research #P30, NR00504, and The Allergy Research Foundation.

PII: S0891-5245(06)00480-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2006.08.004

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 361-371 , November 2007