Lung function in the absence of respiratory symptoms in overweight children and adolescents

OBJECTIVE: To describe lung function findings in overweight children and adolescents without respiratory disease. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving male and female overweight children and adolescents in the 8-18 year age bracket, without respiratory disease. All of the partici...

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Main Authors: Silvana Neves Ferraz de Assunção, Carla Hilário da Cunha Daltro, Ney Christian Boa Sorte, Hugo da Costa Ribeiro Júnior, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Cleriston Farias Queiroz, Antônio Carlos Moreira Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014-04-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132014000200134&lng=en&tlng=en