The effect of obesity on spirometry tests among healthy non-smoking adults

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Al Ghobain, Mohammed ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Obesity; Saudi arabia; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SPIROMETRY; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; OBESITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858589241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-10     Document Type: Article

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