Body composition and pulmonary function at 18 years old: Findings from a birth cohort in southern Brazil

Fernando C Wehrmeister (Pelotas, Brazil), Paula Duarte de Oliveira, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Fernando César Wehrmeister, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla, Helen Gonçalves, Maria Cecília Assunção

Source: International Congress 2015 – Risk factors and co-morbidities in asthma and COPD
Session: Risk factors and co-morbidities in asthma and COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1105
Disease area: Airway diseases

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