Low cognitive ability in early adulthood is associated with reduced lung function in middle age: The Vietnam experience study

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 884-888

  Carroll, Douglas ^a   David Batty, G ^b,c   Mortensen, Laust H ^d   Deary, Ian J ^c   Phillips, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY GENERAL TECHNICAL TEST; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 80053263970     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200104     Document Type: Article

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