Diminished Lung Function as a Predisposing Factor for Wheezing Respiratory Illness in Infants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 17, 1988, Pages 1112-1117

  Martinez, Fernando D ^a   Morgan, Wayne J ^a   Wright, Anne L ^a   Holberg, Catharine J ^a   Taussig, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0023708533     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198810273191702     Document Type: Article

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