Spouse selection and environmental effects on spouse correlation in lung function measures

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Divitini, Mark L ^a   Bartholomew, Helen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional Analysis; Forced Expiratory Volume; Longitudinal Studies; Marriage Duration; Regression Analysis; Spouse Concordance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATE CHOICE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 9644265259     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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