Gender-specific differences in associations of overweight and obesity with asthma and asthma-related symptoms in 30056 children: Result from 25 districts of Northeastern China

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 508-514

  Wang, Da ^a   Qian, Zhengmin ^b   Wang, Jing ^c   Yang, Mingan ^d   Lee, Yungling Leo ^e   Liu, Fan ^f   Liu, Miao Miao ^f   Zhao, Yang ^f   Liu, Yu Qin ^f   Huang, Mei Meng ^f   Liu, Yang ^f   Sun, Jing ^f   Liu, Yi Zhe ^f   Wu, Chen Chen ^f   Dong, Guang Hui ^f  

^a Dalian Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (China)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Gender; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINA; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILDREN; GENDER; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84901004443     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.892963     Document Type: Article

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