Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 8 , Pages 1197-1203 , August 2010

Relationship of body composition and C-reactive protein with pulmonary function

  • Dong-Hyuk Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jae-Yong Shim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Hong-Yup Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stastistics, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Hye-Ree Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jung-Hyun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Yong-Jae Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 23 Yongmun-ro, Yongin-city, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Tel.: +82 31 331 8710; fax: +82 31 331 5551.

Received 16 September 2009 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.02.014

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 8 , Pages 1197-1203 , August 2010

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