Lung development and early origins of childhood respiratory illness

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-57

  Dezateux, Carol ^a   Stocks, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030892902     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011605     Document Type: Review

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