Obesity as a risk factor for increased asthma severity and allergic inflammation; cause or effect?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 612-613

  Holguin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859968468     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03901.x     Document Type: Editorial

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