Birth weight, education, environment, and lung function at school age: A community study in an alpine area

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2502-2507

  Lercher, P ^a,c   Schmitzberger, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Education; Family size; Gestation; Housing; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALTITUDE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031458503     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10112502     Document Type: Article

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