Familial aggregation of pulmonary function in a rural Chinese community

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1928-1933

  Xu, Xiping ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Yang, Jianhua ^a,b,c,d,e   Chen, Changzhong ^a,b,c,d,e   Wang, Binyan ^a,b,c,d,e   Jin, Yontong ^a,b,c,d,e   Fang, Zhian ^a,b,c,d,e   Wang, Xiaobin ^a,b,c,d,e   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anhui Meizhong Inst for B S/E H   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Anqing Public Health Bureau   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0033459526     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.6.9902013     Document Type: Article

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