Sex specificity of asthma associated with objectively measured body mass index and waist circumference: The Humboldt study

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3048-3054

  Chen, Yue ^a   Rennie, Donna ^b   Cormier, Yvon ^c   Dosman, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Obesity; Sex; Waist girth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 27144489950     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.3048     Document Type: Article

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