Race, ethnicity and lung function: A brief history

Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 99-101

  Braun, Lundy ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NOTE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84948949531     PISSN: 12059838     EISSN: 23686820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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