Tucson epidemiologic study of obstructive lung diseases: I: Methodology and prevalence of disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1975, Pages 137-152

  Lebowitz, Michael D ^a   Knudson, Ronald J ^a   Burrows, Benjamin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bronchitis chronic; Health surveys; Lung diseases, obstructive; Pulmonary emphysema; Respiratory tract diseases; Sampling studies; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH; HOME MAKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANT POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARIZONA; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0016760137     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112141     Document Type: Article

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