The tucson children's respiratory study: I. Design and implementation of a prospective study of acute and chronic respiratory illness in children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 1219-1231

  Taussig, Lynn M ^a   Wright, Anne L ^a   Morgan, Wayne J ^a   Harrison, H Robert ^a,b   Ray, C George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Current address: Sandy Springs Pediatric Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Longitudinal studies; Lung diseases; Obstructive; Prospective studies; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRUSES;

EID: 0024380014     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115242     Document Type: Article

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