The impact of airborne dust on respiratory health in children living in the Aral Sea region

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1103-1110

  Bennion, Polly ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a,f   O'hara, Sarah ^a   Wiggs, Giles ^b   Wegerdt, Johannah ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Small, Ian ^c   van der meer, Joost ^d   Upshur, Ross ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxfam ^*

^d Médecins Sans Frontièrs   (Netherlands)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aral Sea; Asthma; Dust; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKMENISTAN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RHINITIS; SEASONS; UZBEKISTAN;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 35548937841     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym195     Document Type: Article

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