The effect of body composition on pulmonary function

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-440

  Park, Jung Eun ^a   Chung, Jin Hong ^a   Lee, Kwan Ho ^a   Shin, Kyeong Cheol ^a  

^a Yeungnam University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body compostion; Factor analysis; Pulmonary function tests; Statistical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84862558117     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2012.72.5.433     Document Type: Article

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