Overweight, asthma symptoms, atopy and pulmonary function in children of 4-12 years of age: Findings from the SCAALA cohort in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1270-1278

  Matos, Sheila M A ^a   Jesus, Sandra R ^a   Saldiva, Silvia R D M ^b   Prado, Matildes S ^a   D'Innocenzo, Silvana ^a   Assis, Ana M O ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^c   Alcantara Neves, Neuza M ^a   Cruz, Álvaro A ^a   Simões, Silvia De Magalhães ^d   Barreto, Maurício L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria da Saude do Estado de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Obesity; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LUNG; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79960129638     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000462     Document Type: Article

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