The effect of biomass burning on respiratory symptoms and lung function in rural Mexican women

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 901-905

  Regalado, Justino ^a   Pérez Padilla, Rogelio ^b   Sansores, Raúl ^b   Ramirez, José Ignacio Páramo ^b   Brauer, Michael ^b   Paré, Peter ^b   Vedal, Sverre ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomass; Indoor air pollution; Mexico; Women; Wood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33749841547     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200503-479OC     Document Type: Article

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