Too Little, Too Late: Adult Lung Disease Cannot Be Prevented by Interventions in Adult Life

Andrew Bush^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Respirology Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
² Imperial Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
³ Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician Royal Brompton Hospital London, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Andrew Bush. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 15;207(2):124-126.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202208-1537ED.

Andrew Bush^{1

2

3}

¹ Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Respirology Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
² Imperial Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
³ Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician Royal Brompton Hospital London, United Kingdom.

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In Utero and Childhood/Adolescence Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, Genetic Risk, and Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Adulthood.
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