Impaired Lung Function Is Associated with Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ma, Zhimin ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Xu, Yu ^a   Huang, Yun ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Zhu, Xiaolin ^a   Zhang, Huijie ^a   Xu, Baihui ^a   Huang, Fei ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Li, Xiaoying ^a   Wang, Weiqing ^a   Bi, Yufang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84874050485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053153     Document Type: Article

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