Investigating the association between obesity and asthma in 6- To 8-year-old Saudi children: A matched case - Control study

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nahhas, Mahmoud ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^b   Anandan, Chantelle ^a   Elton, Rob ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPLICATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84904389932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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