Mediterranean diet and asthma in Spanish schoolchildren

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1021-1027

  Gonzalez Barcala, F J ^a   Pertega, S ^b   Bamonde, L ^c   Garnelo, L ^c   Perez Castro, T ^d   Sampedro, M ^c   Sanchez Lastres, J ^c   San Jose Gonzalez, M A ^c   Lopez Silvarrey, A ^e  

^a Hospital de Pontevedra   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^c Servicio Galego de Saude   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^e Fundacion Maria Jose Jove   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Cross sectional; Diet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PARENTAL SMOKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77958590292     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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