Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 300-305 , September 2009

Overweight Women and Management of Asthma

  • Melissa A. Valerio, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Melissa Valerio, PhD, MPH, 109 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029; Phone: (734) 763-0673; Fax: (734) 763-7379.
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  • Z. Molly Gong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Sijian Wang, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • William F. Bria, MD, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Timothy R. Johnson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Noreen M. Clark, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 2 July 2008 ,Revised 28 March 2009 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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 Supported by grant 1 R18 HL60884–01 from the Division of Lung Diseases of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00047-4

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.03.008

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 300-305 , September 2009

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