Respiratory complications of obesity

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Mandal, Swapna ^a   Hart, Nicholas ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG MECHANICS; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859329846     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-1-75     Document Type: Review

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