Stair-climbing test and lung surgery: Back to the future

Respiration

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-373

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLIMBING; EDITORIAL; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; LUNG SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG;

EID: 43649089306     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119052     Document Type: Editorial

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