Impact of morbid obesity on pulmonary function

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Sekhri, Vishal ^a   Abbasi, Faheem ^a   Ahn, Chul W ^b   DeLorenzo, Lawrence J ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Chandy, Dipak ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Morbid obesity; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OXYGEN TENSION; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 42549133145     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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