Higher body mass index may induce asthma among adolescents with pre-asthmatic symptoms: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Limited studies have prospectively examined the role of body mass index (BMI) as a major risk factor for asthma during adolescence. This study investigates whether BMI is associated with increased risk of developing physician-diagnosed asthma during 12-month follow-up among adolescents w...

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Autores principales: Ho, Wen-Chao, Lin, Yu-Sheng, Caffrey, James L, Lin, Meng-Hung, Hsu, Hui-Tsung, Myers, Leann, Chen, Pau-Chung, Lin, Ruey-Shiung
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/PMC3142515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21740558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-542

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21740558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-542

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