Body mass index and pediatric asthma outcomes

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 569-571

  Hom, Jeffrey ^a,d   Morley, Eric J ^b   Sasso, Paul ^c   Sinert, Richard ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Hospitalization; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SEX; STUDENT T TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349742921     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181b4f639     Document Type: Article

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