Urban environment adherence to the mediterranean diet and prevalence of asthma symptoms among 10- to 12-year-old children: The physical activity, nutrition, and allergies in children examined in athens study

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-358

  Grigoropoulou, Dimitra ^a   Priftis, Kostas N ^b,c   Yannakoulia, Mary ^a   Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^c   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^d   Yfanti, Konstantina ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053406448     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2011.32.3463     Document Type: Article

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