Effect of body mass index on self-reported exercise-triggered asthma

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Wright, Alicia ^a   Lavoie, Kim L ^a,b,c   Jacob, Ariane ^a,b   Rizk, Amanda ^a,d   Bacon, Simon L ^a,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Exercise; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; COLD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TRIGGERED ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 78650261863     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.12.1826     Document Type: Article

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