A case-control study of body mass index and asthma in Asian children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 447-451

  Henkin, Stanislav ^a   Brugge, Doug ^a   Bermudez, Odilla I ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 43449127514     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60469-3     Document Type: Article

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