Obesity among adults is a causal factor of development of asthma - report from the obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden studies

E. Rönmark, A. C. Jonsson, C. Andersson, L. Nyström, B. Forsberg, B. Järvholm, B. Lundbäck (Luleå, Stockholm, Umea, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Risk factors for asthma
Session: Risk factors for asthma
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 244
Disease area: Airway diseases

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