Obesity and asthma in the Portuguese national health survey

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1488-1489

  Moreira, P ^a   Moreira, A ^b   Padrao P ^b   Delgado, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL;

EID: 33750518395     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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