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Is Obesity a Risk Factor for Wheezing Among Adolescents? A Prospective Study in Southern Brazil

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of obesity at the start of adolescence on the prevalence, incidence and maintenance of chest wheezing among individuals aged 11–15 years in a birth cohort in a developing country. METHODS: The seventh follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort occurred in 2004 (ind...

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Autores principales: Noal, Ricardo B., Menezes, Ana M.B., Macedo, Silvia E.C., Dumith, Samuel C., Perez-Padilla, Rogelio, Araújo, Cora L.P., Hallal, Pedro C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23283159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.08.016