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Clinician handbook that includes biological differences in lung function by race is published.

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A reference handbook for clinicians, written by JE Myers, reports biological differences in lung function among white, Black, Chinese, and Filipinx people.

Race-based notions of lung capacity will be solidified into clinical practice by the mid-20th century.