Sex, girth, waists and hips (what matters for gas exchange in extreme obesity?)

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-122

  Zavorsky, Gerald S ^a   Wilson, Bonnie ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen pressure; Gas exchange; Gender; Obesity; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY, MORBID; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 74849128513     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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