Per capita sugar consumption is associated with severe childhood asthma: An ecological study of 53 countries

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-78

  Thornley, Simon ^a   Stewart, Alistair ^a   Marshall, Roger ^a   Jackson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Asthma; ISAAC data; Nutrition; Observational study; Sugar consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUGAR INTAKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 80053061855     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00087     Document Type: Article

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