Obesity in patients with COPD, an undervalued problem?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 640-

  Van Den Bemt, L ^a   Van Wayenburg, C A M ^a   Smeele, I J M ^b   Schermer, T R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Diagnostic Centre Breda SHL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 67650236636     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.111716     Document Type: Letter

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