The effect of obesity on asthma incidence: Moving past the epidemiologic evidence

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-97

  Clerisme Beaty, Emmanuelle ^a   Rand, Cynthia S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; asthma incidence; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEREDITY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149168709     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.11.003     Document Type: Editorial

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