Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity is an independent predictor of physical activity in smokers with and without COPD

Alessandra Adami (Torrance, United States of America), Alessandra Adami, Robert Cao, Janos Porszasz, Richard Casaburi, Harry B. Rossiter

Source: International Congress 2015 – Clinical physiology: mechanisms of symptoms and exercise limitations in health and disease
Disease area: Airway diseases

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