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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 3 : 201-202
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Chen et al. Respond to "Obesity and Asthma"

Yue Chen1, Robert Dales2, Mei Tang1 and Daniel Krewski1,2

1 Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


   INTRODUCTION
 
We are grateful to Redd and Mokdad (1Go) for their perspective on the relation between obesity and asthma incidence in Canadian women (2Go). Establishing a causal link could have important implications for preventing and controlling both obesity and asthma, two important chronic conditions in Canada and many other countries.

Redd and Mokdad (1Go) raised concerns about the definition of asthma and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 

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