Longitudinal associations of socioeconomic position in childhood and adulthood with decline in lung function over 20 years: Results from a population-based cohort of British men

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1058-1064

  Ramsay, Sheena E ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b   Lennon, Lucy T ^a   Morris, Richard W ^a   Wannamethee, S G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81555209702     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200621     Document Type: Article

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