The association of biomass fuel combustion on pulmonary function tests in the adult population of Mid-Anatolia

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Sümer, Haldun ^a   Turaçlar, Ugur T ^a   Onarlioǧlu, Turhan ^a   Özdemir, Levent ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cow dung; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 4344614217     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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