Relationship of serum IgE concentration to level and rate of decline of pulmonary function: The Normative Aging Study

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 787-792

  Shadick, Nancy A ^a,c   Sparrow, David ^a,e   O'Connor, George T ^d   DeMolles, Deborah ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IgE; smoking; spirometry

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029829074     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.8.787     Document Type: Article

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