Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Asthma and COPD: quality of life and comorbidities
Disease area: Airway diseases



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A.M.B. Menezes, F.C. Wehrmeister, R. Perez-Padilla, M.V. Lopez, A. Muiño, C. Talamo, M. Montes de Oca, J.R. Jardim, G. Valdivia (Pelotas, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Caracas, Venezuela; Santiago, Chile). Waist circumference and lung function parameters: The PLATINO study. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 458

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