Early Life Origins of Lung Ageing: Early Life Exposures and Lung Function Decline in Adulthood in Two European Cohorts Aged 28-73 Years.

OBJECTIVES:Early life environment is essential for lung growth and maximally attained lung function. Whether early life exposures impact on lung function decline in adulthood, an indicator of lung ageing, has scarcely been studied. METHODS:Spirometry data from two time points (follow-up time 9-11 ye...

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Main Authors: Julia Dratva, Elisabeth Zemp, Shyamali C Dharmage, Simone Accordini, Luc Burdet, Thorarinn Gislason, Joachim Heinrich, Christer Janson, Deborah Jarvis, Roberto de Marco, Dan Norbäck, Marco Pons, Francisco Gómez Real, Jordi Sunyer, Simona Villani, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Cecilie Svanes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4728209?pdf=render