Are obesity and overweight risk factors for asthma?;Er fedme og overvægt risikofaktorer for asthma?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 163, Issue 37, 2001, Pages 4999-5003

  Lorentzen, Mads S ^b   Vestbo, Jørgen ^b   Lange, Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035840658     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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