Obesity and Pulmonary Function in African Americans

BACKGROUND: Obesity prevalence in United States (US) adults exceeds 30% with highest prevalence being among blacks. Obesity is known to have significant effects on respiratory function and obese patients commonly report respiratory complaints requiring pulmonary function tests (PFTs). However, there...

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Autores principales: Mehari, Alem, Afreen, Samina, Ngwa, Julius, Setse, Rosanna, Thomas, Alicia N., Poddar, Vishal, Davis, Wayne, Polk, Octavius D., Hassan, Sheik, Thomas, Alvin V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140610

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140610

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