Obesity and asthma: Location, location, location

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-254

  Shore, Stephanie A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84873362185     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00128812     Document Type: Editorial

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