Familial transmission of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adoptees: A Swedish nationwide family study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Zöller, Bengt ^a   Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SWEDEN; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOPTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84928253740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007310     Document Type: Article

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