Increased asthma risk and asthma-related health care complications associated with childhood obesity

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1120-1128

  Black, Mary Helen ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Takayanagi, Miwa ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Koebnick, Corinna ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; body mass index; cohort studies; obesity; overweight; severe asthma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884940749     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt093     Document Type: Article

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