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Obesity and risk of respiratory tract infections: results of an infection-diary based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a major morbidity factor contributing largely to health care costs and individual quality of life. The aim of the study was to test whether obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2)) is one of the risk factors underlying frequent RTIs in the German adult populatio...

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Autores principales: Maccioni, Livia, Weber, Susanne, Elgizouli, Magdeldin, Stoehlker, Anne-Sophie, Geist, Ilona, Peter, Hans-Hartmut, Vach, Werner, Nieters, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29458350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5172-8