Effect of indoor air pollution on the respiratory system of women using different fuels for coocking in an urban slum of Pondicherry

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Dutt, D ^a   Srinivasa, D K ^a   Rotti, S B ^a   Sahai, A ^a   Konar, D ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKERY; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0030138707     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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