Absolute lung size and the sex difference in breathlessness in the general population.
Breathlessness is associated with major adverse health outcomes and is twice as common in women as men in the general population. We evaluated whether this is related to their lower absolute lung volumes.Cross-sectional analysis of the population-based Swedish CardioPulmonarybioImage Study (SCAPIS)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755925?pdf=render |