Childhood adiposity predicts adult-onset current asthma in females: A 25-yr prospective study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Burgess, J A ^a   Walters, E H ^b   Byrnes, G B ^a   Giles, G G ^c   Jenkins, M A ^a   Abramson, M J ^d   Hopper, J L ^a   Dharmage, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Childhood; Lung function; Menarche; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34147174430     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00080906     Document Type: Article

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