@article{a068aca2dd2e4ed08de5f822c9f63200,
title = "Overdiagnosis of asthma in obese and nonobese adults",
author = "Aaron, {Shawn D.} and Vandemheen, {Katherine L.} and Boulet, {Louis Philippe} and McIvor, {R. Andrew} and FitzGerald, {J. Mark} and Paul Hernandez and Catherine Lemiere and Sat Sharma and Field, {Stephen K.} and Alvarez, {Gonzalo G.} and Dales, {Robert E.} and Steve Doucette and Dean Fergusson",
note = "Funding Information: Competing interests: Shawn Aaron is an advisory board member for AstraZeneca, Boerhinger-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Talecris. Louis-Philippe Boulet has served as an advisory board member for AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Schering-Plough. He has received speaker fees from Altana, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Frosst, Novartis and MedImmune; research funding from AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Frosst, Novartis, Schering-Plough, Alexion, AsthmaTx, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ception, Genentech, IVAX, MedImmune, Topigen and Wyeth; and support for the production of educational materials and initiatives from AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Frosst. Andrew McIvor has received honoraria for continuing medical education and for attending advisory boards from AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Nycomed, Merck and Graceway. Paul Hernandez has received speaker fees and educational grants from Actelion, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer; and consultancy fees from Actelion, Altana, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Nycomed and Pfizer. No competing interests declared for Katherine Vandemheen, Mark FitzGerald, Catherine Lemiere, Sat Sharma, Stephen Field, Gonzalo Alvarez, Robert Dales, Steve Doucette or Dean Fergusson. Funding Information: Funding: This study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. MOP-77520) and the Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital. None of the sponsors or funders had any involvement in the design or conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis or interpretation of the data; or the preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. ",
year = "2008",
month = nov,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1503/cmaj.081332",
language = "English",
volume = "179",
pages = "1121--1131",
journal = "CMAJ",
issn = "0820-3946",
publisher = "Canadian Medical Association",
number = "11",
}