Effects of working and residential location areas on air pollution related respiratory symptoms in policemen and their wives in Bangkok, Thailand

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-26

  Karita, Kanae ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a   Tamura, Kenji ^b   Jinsart, Wanida ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Husband and wife; Respiratory symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND; TRAFFIC; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPOUSES; THAILAND;

EID: 1942477355     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.1.24     Document Type: Article

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