Correcting data for body size may confound results [2]

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 493-494

  DeJong, Adam ^a   Franklin, Barry A ^a   McCullough, Peter A ^a,b  

^a William Beaumont Hospital ^*

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE TEST; MORBID OBESITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BODY SIZE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 33344477028     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.2.493     Document Type: Letter

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