High body mass index is not associated with atopy in schoolchildren living in rural and urban areas of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Factors which determine the development of atopy and the observed rural-urban gradient in its prevalence are not fully understood. High body mass index (BMI) has been associated with asthma and potentially atopy in industrialized countries. In developing countries, the transition from ru...

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Autores principales: Larbi, Irene A, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Amoah, Abena S, Obeng, Benedicta B, Wilson, Michael D, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Boakye, Daniel A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21669010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-469

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21669010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-469

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