Obesity is a risk factor for dyspnea but not for airflow obstruction

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1477-1481

  Sin, Don D ^a   Jones, Richard L ^a   Paul Man, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0037043264     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.13.1477     Document Type: Article

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