Respiratory health in a total very low birthweight cohort and their classroom controls

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-194

  McLeod, Alice ^a   Ross, Patricia ^a   Mitchell, Sheena ^a   Tay, Dorothy ^a   Hunter, Leslie ^a   Hall, Alastair ^a   Paton, James ^b   Mutch, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Child Health ^*

Author keywords

Lung function; Respiratory morbidity; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0029978831     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.74.3.188     Document Type: Article

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