Association between obesity and atopy in Chinese schoolchildren.

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Published in Int Arch Allergy Immunol on January 06, 2009

Authors

Ting Fan Leung1, Alice P S Kong, Iris H S Chan, Kai Chow Choi, Chung Shun Ho, Michael H M Chan, Wing Yee So, Christopher W K Lam, Gary W K Wong, Juliana C N Chan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Room 84043, 6/F, Clinical Sciences Building, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China. tfleung@cuhk.edu.hk

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