Is overweight a risk factor for wheezing in pre-school children? A study in 14 Brazilian communities

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 878-882

  Saldiva, S R D M ^a,d   Escuder, M M ^a   Venancio S I ^a   Benicio, M H A ^b   Assis, A M O ^c   Oliveira, L P M ^c   Barreto, M L ^c  

^a Instituto de Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pre school children; Risk assessment; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547734578     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007352464     Document Type: Article

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