Association between obesity and asthma among teenagers

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 285-287

  Bertolace, Maria do Pilar Carneiro ^a,c   Toledo, Eliana ^a   Jorge, Patrícia Polis de Oliveira ^b   Liberatore Jr , Raphael del Roio ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Medicina de São Jose do rio Preto ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Body mass index; Body weight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STUDENT;

EID: 58149471993     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802008000500008     Document Type: Article

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