Do obese adults have a higher risk of asthma attack when exposed to indoor mold? A study based on the 2005 behavioral risk factor surveillance system

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-441

  Wen, Xiao Jun ^a   Balluz, Lina ^a   Mokdad, A L I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FUNGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66149096244     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400313     Document Type: Article

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