Early influences on adult lung function in two national British cohorts.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on July 11, 2007

Authors

L Orfei1, D P Strachan, A R Rudnicka, M E J Wadsworth

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.

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