Area deprivation predicts lung function independently of education and social class

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Shohaimi, S ^a   Welch, A ^a   Bingham, S ^b   Luben, R ^a   Day, N ^a   Wareham, N ^a   Khaw, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Forced expiratory volume in one second; Lung function; Residential deprivation; Social class

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3543130198     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00088303     Document Type: Article

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