BMI and health status among adults with asthma

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Vortmann, Michael ^a   Eisner, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39449101231     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.7     Document Type: Article

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