Concurrent trends in asthma and obesity

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-4

  Chinn, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 11944256931     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.031161     Document Type: Editorial

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