Asthma Development with Obesity Exposure: Observations from the Cohort of the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS)
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Asthma
- Vol. 42 (2) , 97-99
- https://doi.org/10.1081/jas-51338
Abstract
Results of cross-sectional studies suggest an association between body mass index and asthma. However, it is not clear whether the occurrence of asthma precedes increased body mass index or vice ve...Keywords
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