Birth weight and lung function in a cohort of Chinese school children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 662-668

  He, Qi Qiang ^a,b   Wong, Tze Wai ^b   Du, Lin ^c   Jiang, Zhuo Qin ^a   Gao, Yang ^b   Lin, Guo Zhen ^c   Yu, Tak Sun Ignatius ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Children; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 67650179112     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21035     Document Type: Article

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