Role of age at asthma diagnosis in the asthma-obesity relationship;le role de l'age au diagnostic de l'asthme sur la relation entre l'asthme et l'obésité

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Dogra, Shilpa ^a   Baker, Joseph ^a   Ardern, Chris I ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; BMI; Obesity; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78049446496     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/679716     Document Type: Article

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