The association of BMI and sedentary time with respiratory symptoms and asthma in 5th grade schoolchildren in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Tsai, Hsin Jen ^a   Tsai, Alan C ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; BMI; Respiratory symptoms; Sedentary time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COCKROACH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TIME; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEISURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 60549083835     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802444229     Document Type: Article

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