Stimulating advances in chronic heart failure and COPD

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-6

  Vivodtzev, Isabelle ^a   Lacasse, Yves ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 67650786520     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0408     Document Type: Editorial

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