Obesity: Its consequences upon respiratory system function

Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-94

  Lavietes, Marc H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Lung function; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG BLOOD VOLUME; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OBESITY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VITAL CAPACITY; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 47749154128     PISSN: 1573398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339808784222704     Document Type: Review

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