Childhood chest illness and the rate of decline of adult lung function between ages 35 and 45 years

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-359

  Marossy, Agnes E ^a   Strachan, David P ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Anderson, H Ross ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Pneumonia; Ventilatory function; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ONSET AGE; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX DISEASE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33847032182     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200607-1023OC     Document Type: Article

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