Asthma and body weight change: A 20-year prospective community study of young adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1111-1118

  Hasler, G ^a,b,d   Gergen, P J ^c   Ajdacic, V ^b   Gamma, A ^b   Eich, D ^b   Rossler W ^b   Angst, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child development; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SWITZERLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33745571971     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803215     Document Type: Article

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