Relationship between obesity and asthma symptoms among children in Ahvaz, Iran: A cross sectional study

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kajbaf, Tahereh Ziaei ^a   Asar, Shideh ^b   Alipoor, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD QUESTIONNAIRE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955972987     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-1     Document Type: Article

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