Relation between lung function and RBC distribution width in a population-based study

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 494-500

  Grant, Brydon J B ^a,d   Kudalkar, Deepa P ^b   Muti, Paola ^c   McCann, Susan E ^c   Trevisan, Maurizio ^c   Freudenheim, Jo L ^c   Schünemann, Holger J ^b  

^a Vet Aff W NY Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Nutrition; Pulmonary function tests; Spirometry; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CRYPTOXANTHIN; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0041731581     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.2.494     Document Type: Article

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