Genetic and environmental influences on forced expiratory volume in midlife : A cross-cultural replication

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-265

  Whitfield, Keith E ^a   Grant, Julie ^a   Ravich Scherbo, Inna ^b   Marytuina, Tatinana ^b   Iboutolina, Ann ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUSSIA; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

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EID: 0032795882     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107399244020     Document Type: Article

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