Body mass index and the risk of COPD

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 370-376

  Harik Khan, Raida I ^a   Fleg, Jerome L ^a   Wise, Robert A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Lung diseases, obstructive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036167423     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.2.370     Document Type: Article

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