Is the association between asthma and obesity due to confounding by smoking?

S. Chinn, C. Janson, D. Jarvis, C. Luczynska, P. Burney, on behalf of the ECRHS (London, United Kingdom; Uppsala, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Epidemiology of asthma and allergy
Session: Epidemiology of asthma and allergy
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2445
Disease area: Airway diseases

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