Measures of Obesity Associated with Asthma Diagnosis in Ethnic Minority Children

Objective. The study objective was to examine relationships between different body size measurements and asthma in ethnic minority children. Methods. We used data from a community-based study of 505 children aged 6-to-8 years old to study the association of percent body fat, fat distribution, and BM...

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Main Authors: Nita Vangeepuram, Susan L. Teitelbaum, Maida P. Galvez, Barbara Brenner, John Doucette, Mary S. Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/517417
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