Asthma and obesity

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-643

  Waggoner, Daniel ^a   Stokes, Jeffrey ^a   Casale, Thomas B ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449121607     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60229-3     Document Type: Article

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