Relation of fetal growth to adult lung function in South India

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 895-899

  Stein, C E ^a   Kumaran, K ^b   Fall, C H D ^a   Shaheen, S O ^c   Osmond, C ^a   Barker, D J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; India; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETER;

EID: 0030836882     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.10.895     Document Type: Article

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