Systemic Inflammation in Young Adults Is Associated with Abnormal Lung Function in Middle Age

Ravi Kalhan; Betty T. Tran; Laura A. Colangelo; Sharon R. Rosenberg; Kiang Liu; Bharat Thyagarajan; David R. Jacobs Jr.; Lewis J. Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011431

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Systemic Inflammation in Young Adults Is Associated with Abnormal Lung Function in Middle Age

Ravi Kalhan ,

* E-mail: r-kalhan@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Betty T. Tran,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Laura A. Colangelo,

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Sharon R. Rosenberg,

Affiliation Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Kiang Liu,

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Bharat Thyagarajan,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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David R. Jacobs Jr.,

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Lewis J. Smith

Affiliation Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Systemic Inflammation in Young Adults Is Associated with Abnormal Lung Function in Middle Age

Ravi Kalhan,
Betty T. Tran,
Laura A. Colangelo,
Sharon R. Rosenberg,
Kiang Liu,
Bharat Thyagarajan,
David R. Jacobs Jr.,
Lewis J. Smith

Published: July 2, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011431

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