Respiratory health of road-side vendors in a large industrialized city

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Jones, Alice Y M ^a   Lam, Peggo K W ^a   Gohel, Mayur Danny I ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blood lead; Lung function; PM10; Respiratory health; Road side vendors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

LEAD;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CITY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; COUGH; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 42949160776     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.12.368     Document Type: Article

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