Association between body mass index and allergy in teenage girls in Taiwan

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-329

  Huang, S L ^a   Shiao, G M ^b   Chou, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Body mass index; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Cross sectional study

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033007232     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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