The Breathe Easier through Weight Loss Lifestyle (BE WELL) Intervention: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ma, Jun ^a   Strub, Peg ^b   Camargo Jr, Carlos A ^c   Xiao, Lan ^a   Ayala, Estela ^a,d   Gardner, Christopher D ^d   Buist, A S ^e   Haskell, William L ^d   Lavori, Phillip W ^d   Wilson, Sandra R ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; BREATHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952297722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-10-16     Document Type: Article

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