Living near opencast coal mining sites and children's respiratory health

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-151

  Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a   Howel, Denise ^a   King, Andrew ^b   Stone, Ian ^c   Merefield, John ^c   Bessell, Jan ^d   Darnell, Ross ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMC Technical Services   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d Associate at Dickinson Dees LLP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Opencast coal mining; PM10; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COAL MINING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COAL MINING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034063970     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.3.145     Document Type: Article

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