Assessment of pulmonary functions in obese adolescent boys

Lung India

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-240

  Paralikar, Swapnil ^a   Kathrotia, Rajesh ^a   Pathak, Narendra ^a   Jani, Madhusudan ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent obesity; body mass index; pulmonary function tests; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84864874372     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.99106     Document Type: Article

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