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Birth weight, body mass index and asthma in young adults | Synapse

May 1, 1999Open Access

Birth weight, body mass index and asthma in young adults

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Impaired fetal growth and adult fatness are risk factors for adult asthma.

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Shaheen et al. (Sat,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d88eb58c03fbaff8bef616 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.54.5.396

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