When obesity and COPD collide: physiological and clinical consequences

D. O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Obesity and the lung
Session: Obesity and the lung
Session type: Symposium
Number: 4846
Disease area: Airway diseases

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