Small size at birth and greater postnatal weight gain: relationships to diminished infant lung function

Recent evidence suggests that impaired lung development is linked with diminished lung function and an increased risk of chronic obstructive airway disease in adulthood. To examine environmental influences on early lung development, we measured lung function in 131 normal-term infants aged 5-14 week...

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Main Authors: Lucas, Jane S. (Author), Inskip, Hazel M. (Author), Godfrey, Keith M. (Author), Foreman, Claire T. (Author), Warner, John O. (Author), Gregson, Rachael K. (Author), Clough, Joanne B. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2004.
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