Respiratory morbidity 10 years after the Union Carbide gas leak at Bhopal: A cross sectional survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7077, 1997, Pages 338-343

  Cullinan, P ^a   Acquilla, S ^b   Ramana Dhara, V ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Agy Toxic Substances Dis Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INDIA; ISOCYANATES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031016775     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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