Association between obesity and atopy in adults?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-118

  Flexeder, Claudia ^a   Brüske, Irene ^a   Magnussen, Helgo ^b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ATOPY; BODY MASS; CLADOSPORIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389743     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322296     Document Type: Letter

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