Incidence of asthma and net change in symptoms in relation to changes in obesity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-771

  Chinn, Sue ^a,k   Downs, S H ^b   Anto, J M ^d   Gerbase, M W ^b,c   Leynaert, B ^f   de Marco, R ^g   Janson, C ^h   Jarvis, S H ^a   Kunzli N ^d,e,i   Sunyer, J ^d   Svanes, C ^j   Zemp, E ^b   Ackermann Liebrich, U ^b   Burney, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Incidence; Obesity; Prevalence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33846251123     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00150505     Document Type: Article

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