Dyspnea and obesity in African American women

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 644-645

  Waggoner, Daniel ^a   Stokes, Jeffrey ^a   Romero, Francisco ^a   Casale, Thomas B ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 57449089387     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60230-X     Document Type: Letter

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