The association between obesity and outpatient visits for acute respiratory infections in Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-119

  Campitelli, M A ^a   Rosella, L C ^a,b,c   Kwong, J C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

body mass index; cohort studies; human; influenza; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891833789     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.57     Document Type: Article

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