Respiratory morbidity in hospitalized Bedouins residing near an industrial park

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Kordysh, Ella ^a   Karakis, Isabella ^a   Belmaker, Ilana ^a   Vardi, Hilel ^a   Bolotin, Arkady ^a   Sarov, Batia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Ecological study; Environmental chemical exposure; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DANGEROUS GOODS; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ODOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARABS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33751194836     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.60.3.147-155     Document Type: Article

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