Housing characteristics, home environmental factors, and pulmonary function deficit in Chinese children: Results from the Seven Northeast Cities (SNEC) Study

To assess the effects of housing characteristics and home environmental factors on lung function of Chinese children, 6740 children (aged 6-16 years) were recruited from seven cities in Northeast China in 2012. Performance of lung function was determined by comparison of forced vital capacity (FVC),...

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Main Authors: Brett Emo (Author), Li-Wen Hu (Author), Bo-Yi Yang (Author), Kahee A. Mohammed (Author), Christian Geneus (Author), Michael Vaughn (Author), Zhengmin (Min) (Author), Guang-Hui Dong (Author)
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Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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