Obesity and asthma: Association or coincidence?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-14

  Camilo, Daniella Fernandes ^a   Ribeiro, José Dirceu ^a   Contrera Toro, Adyleia Dalbo ^a   Elias Baracat, Emilio Carlos ^a   Barros Filho, Antonio De Azevedo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body composition; Body mass index; Children; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 77649214035     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1963     Document Type: Review

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