Exposure to vehicular pollution and respiratory impairment of traffic policemen in Jalgaon city, India

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 656-662

  Ingle, Sopan T ^a   Pachpande, Bhushan G ^a   Wagh, Nilesh D ^a   Patel, Vijaybhai S ^a   Attarde, Sanjay B ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

NOx; PM; Pulmonary function; SOx; Traffic policemen

Indexed keywords

SULFUR OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FACE MASK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLICE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 28444459161     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.656     Document Type: Article

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