Obesity and asthma: cause for concern

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-236

  Shore, Stephanie A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR D; EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33646367876     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2006.01.004     Document Type: Review

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