Six-minute walk test in chronic respiratory disease: Easy to perform, not always easy to interpret;Teste da caminhada de seis minutos na doença respiratória crônica: Simples de realizar, nem sempre fácil de interpretar

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Neder, José Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COR PULMONALE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; WALKING;

EID: 79952654620     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132011000100001     Document Type: Editorial

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