Birth weight, body mass index and asthma in young adults

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 396-402

  Shaheen, Seif O ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Montgomery, Scott M ^b   Azima, Hossain ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Birth weight; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032898751     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.5.396     Document Type: Article

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