Stair climbing as an exercise test to predict the postoperative complications of lung resection: Two years' experience

Chest

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 587-590

  Olsen, G N ^a   Bolton, J W R ^a   Weiman, D S ^a   Hornung, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0025981421     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.99.3.587     Document Type: Article

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