Longitudinal Analyses of Airway Responsiveness and Pulmonary Function Decline

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Rijcken, Bert ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030451160     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/154.6_pt_2.s246     Document Type: Article

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