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The association between obesity and outpatient visits for acute respiratory infections in Ontario, Canada

OBJECTIVES: Recent evidence suggests that obesity increases the risk of severe outcomes following respiratory infection. It is less clear whether obesity is associated with the risk of being infected with influenza or other respiratory pathogens. Therefore, we examined the association between obesit...

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Autores principales: Campitelli, Michael A., Rosella, Laura C., Kwong, Jeffrey C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23670219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.57