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Kim: Gender difference on the relationship between obesity and airway hyperresponsiveness in adult asthma
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Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 2014; 2(1): 1-2.

Published online: 31 March 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4168/aard.2014.2.1.1

Gender difference on the relationship between obesity and airway hyperresponsiveness in adult asthma

Sang-Ha Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

Correspondence to: Sang-Ha Kim. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro, Wonju 220-701, Korea. Tel: +82-33-741-0926, 1234, Fax: +82-33-741-0928, sanghakim@yonsei.ac.kr

Received 19 March 2014       Revised 21 March 2014       Accepted 21 March 2014

© 2014 The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease; The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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