Obesity and pulmonary function: More or less?

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 844-845

  Sue, D Y ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0030894548     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.844     Document Type: Editorial

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