The association of asthma with BMI and menarche in the 1958 British Birth Cohort

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 751-758

  Gnatiuc, Louisa ^a   Kato, Bernet ^a   Matheson, Melanie C ^b   Newson, Roger B ^a   Jarvis, Deborah L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

1958 British Birth Cohort; Asthma; Body mass index; Menarche; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENARCHE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; UNDERWEIGHT; WHEEZING; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84883651555     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.799686     Document Type: Article

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