Associations of body fat percent and body mass index with childhood asthma by age and gender

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Yiallouros, Panayiotis K ^a   Lamnisos, Demetris ^a   Kolokotroni, Ourania ^a   Moustaki, Maria ^b   Middleton, Nicos ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; Z SCORE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84884905499     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20284     Document Type: Article

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