Socioeconomic status, lung function and admission to hospital for COPD: Results from the Copenhagen City Heart Study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1109-1114

  Prescott, E ^b   Lange, P ^a   Vestbo, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Education; Epidemiology; Female; Forced expiratory volume in one second; Income; Longitudinal population study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033036403     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13e28.x     Document Type: Article

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