Heritability of ventilatory function in smoking and nonsmoking New Mexico Hispanics.

doi:10.1164/ajrccm/144.4.770

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Heritability of ventilatory function in smoking and nonsmoking New Mexico Hispanics.

The American review of respiratory disease - 1 Oct 1991

Coultas D B, Hanis C L, Howard C A, Skipper B J, Samet J M

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Familial aggregation of ventilatory function has been described in several populations, but the effects of age and cigarette smoking on the extent of aggregation have not been well characterized. We used data from a survey of a Hispanic population in New Mexico to obtain estimates of heritability...

Topics

Age Factors
Family Health
Forced Expiratory Volume
Genotype
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Models, Genetic
New Mexico
Respiration
Sex Factors
Smoking
Vital Capacity

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