Association of Outdoor Air Pollution with Chronic Respiratory Morbidity in an Industrial Town in Northern India

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 471-477

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^a   Srivastva, Ashok ^a   Thakur, Jarnail S ^a   Jindal, Surinder K ^a   Parwana, Harjinder K ^b  

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

^b Punjab Pollution Control Board   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Industrialization; Morbidity; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WHEEZING;

EID: 29544434660     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409603428     Document Type: Article

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