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  • Joseph M, Elliott M, Zelicoff A, Qian Z, Trevathan E, Chang JJ. Racial disparity in the association between body mass index and self-reported asthma in children: a population-based study. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 2016 Jun;53(53). 492-7. PMID: 26787188 [PubMed]

To examine the racial disparity in the association between obesity and asthma in US children and adolescents.


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