Body mass index and asthma severity among adults presenting to the emergency department

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Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 795-802

  Thomson, Carey Conley ^a   Clark, Sunday ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma, adult; Body mass index; Obesity; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 0141558826     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.3.795     Document Type: Article

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