Overweight and changes in weight status during childhood in relation to asthma symptoms at 8 years of age

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Scholtens, Salome ^a   Wijga, Alet H ^b   Seidell, Jacob C ^c   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,d   de Jongste, Johan C ^e   Gehring, Ulrike ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^f   Kerkhof, Marjan ^g   Smit, Henriette A ^b,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

asthma; body mass index; child; cohort study; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 67649172969     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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