Is adult height related to the risk of having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-229

  Ward, K ^a   Hubbard, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DATABASE; HEALTH RISK; HISTORICAL RECORD; LOGISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79951651542     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.096792     Document Type: Article

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