Respiratory health in overweight and obese Chinese children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 997-1002

  He, Qi Qiang ^a,b   Wong, Tze Wai ^a   Du, Lin ^c   Jiang, Zhuo Qin ^b   Qiu, Hong ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Liu, Jia Wei ^c   Wu, Jia Gang ^c   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Lung function; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; COUGHING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; WHEEZING;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 70349487706     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21091     Document Type: Article

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