Respiratory function measurements in a cohort of medical students.
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The feasibility of studying respiratory symptoms and lung function on a cohort basis from adolescence onwards has been examined by a study of a group of 102 medical students on entry to their course. In the present paper the results from the initial examination and from a second, four years later, are reported. Up to that time smoking habits were light, and there was very little change in any of the measurements of lung function. Transfer factor declined a little, and this
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 25 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1970