Sex differences in COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 288-289

  Lahm, T ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA 111P IU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANOXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 69249147386     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00038909     Document Type: Letter

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