Childhood asthma and lung function in mid-adult life

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-20

  Oswald, Helmut ^a   Phelan, Peter D ^a,c   Lanigan, Anna ^a   Hibbert, Marienne ^b   Carlin, John B ^c   Bowes, Glenn ^b   Olinsky, Anthony ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; longitudinal study; lung function; wheeze; wheezy bronchitis

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0031034422     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199701)23:1<14::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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