Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1041-1046 , July 2009

Six-min walk test in a healthy adult Arab population

Received 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.012

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1041-1046 , July 2009

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