Body composition in COPD: Looking beyond BMI

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-4

  Maltais, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNDERWEIGHT; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE;

EID: 84892562354     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0868     Document Type: Editorial

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