Low socioeconomic status is associated with worse lung function in the Danish cystic fibrosis population

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1363-1366

  Taylor Robinson, David C ^a   Thielen, Karsten ^b   Pressler, Tania ^c   Olesen, Hanne V ^d   Diderichsen, Finn ^b   Diggle, Peter J ^a   Smyth, Rosalind ^e   Whitehead, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DANISH CITIZEN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; ALLELE; DENMARK; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DENMARK; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84965185322     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00063714     Document Type: Letter

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