Lung function is associated with arterial stiffness in children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ayer, Julian G ^a,d,e   Belousova, Elena G ^b   Harmer, Jason A ^a   Toelle, Brett ^b   Celermajer, David S ^a,c,d   Marks, Guy B ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID AUGMENTATION INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOUSE DUST MITE AVOIDANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 80055034618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026303     Document Type: Article

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