Influence of obesity on the prevalence and clinical features of asthma

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 57049173509     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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