A matter of life and breath: Childhood socioeconomic status is related to young adult pulmonary function in the CARDIA study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-278

  Jackson, Benita ^a   Kubzansky, Laura D ^b   Cohen, Sheldon ^c   Weiss, Scott ^a   Wright, Rosalind J ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Forced expiratory volume; Pulmonary function tests; Social medicine; Socioeconomic status; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 1542537266     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh003     Document Type: Article

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