Asthma and atopy in overweight children

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1031-1035

  Schachter, L M ^a,b   Peat, J K ^b   Salome, C M ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0347291904     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.12.1031     Document Type: Article

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