Asthma and obesity: The chicken, the egg, or more than one beast?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1124-1125

  Forno, Erick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHICKEN;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHICKENS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 85018966580     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0082ED     Document Type: Editorial

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