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Segregation Analysis of Pulmonary Function among Families in the Framingham Study
1 May 1998
Abstract excerpt
Familial aggregation of cross-sectional pulmonary function was examined in 5,003 subjects from 1,408 families participating in the Framingham Study. Subjects, who were members of either the Original Cohort (recruited from 1948 to 1952) or the Offspring Cohort (recruited from 1971 to 1974), underwent spirometry at a mean age of 53 yr. The effects of age, height, weight, and smoking status on FEV1 were evaluated...
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