Serum uric acid and the risk of respiratory disease: A population-based cohort study

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1021-1026

  Horsfall, Laura J ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^a   Petersen, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URIC ACID;

EID: 84939879236     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205271     Document Type: Article

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