Obesity and its corrrelation with spirometric variables in patients with asthma

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ghabashi, Alaa E ^a   Iqbal, Mobeen ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33644601422     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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