Asthma diagnosis is not associated with obesity in a population of adults from Madrid

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 540-545

  Barranco, P ^a   Garcia Rio F ^a   Olivares, J ^a   Lopez Carrasco V ^a   Alvarez Sala R ^a   Quirce, S ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Body mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX RATIO; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 83755221179     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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