The association between leisure-time physical activities and asthma symptoms among 10- to 12-year-old children: The effect of living environment in the PANACEA study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 342-348

  Kosti, Rena I ^a   Priftis, Kostas N ^b,c   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^d   Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^c   Grigoropoulou, Dimitra ^a   Lentzas, Yiannis ^a   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

asthma; children; environment; lifestyle; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84863003754     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.652328     Document Type: Article

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