Pulmonary ventilatory functions and obesity in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-26

  Al Bader, Wafaa R ^a   Ramadan, J ^b   Nasr Eldin, A ^a,b   Barac Nieto, M ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Pulmonary function; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 36749066767     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109585     Document Type: Article

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