Effect of cooking fuels on respiratory diseases in preschool children in Lucknow, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-51

  Awasthi, Shally ^a   Glick, Henry A ^a   Fletcher, Robert H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS;

FUEL;

ARTICLE; COOKING; COUGHING; CROWDING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MANURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029682743     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.48     Document Type: Article

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