African ancestry, lung function and the effect of genetics

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1582-1589

  Menezes, Ana Maria B ^a   Wehrmeister, Fernando C ^a   Hartwig, Fernando P ^a   Perez Padilla, Rogelio ^b   Gigante, Denise P ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^a   Oliveira, Isabel O ^a   Ferreira, Gustavo D ^a   Horta, Bernardo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84930400821     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00112114     Document Type: Article

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