Relationship between body composition and lung function in elderly men and women

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-178

  Karacan, Selma ^a   Güzel, Nevin Atalay ^b   Colakoglu, Filiz ^b   Baltaci, Gul ^c  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body composition; Elderly; Lung volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 58749112199     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-008-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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