Atopic disease and body mass index

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 130-135

  Silva, Marta João Rodrigues ^a,b   Ribeiro, M C ^a   Carvalho, F ^a   Goncalves Oliveira J M ^a  

^a Servico de Pediatria   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic disease; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; COUGH; DYSSOMNIAS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548797019     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13108223     Document Type: Article

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