Respiratory symptoms among waste-picking child laborers a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-135

  Hernández Romero, Danilo A ^a,b   Oudin, Anna ^b   Strömberg, Ulf ^b   Karlsson, Jan Eric ^b   Welinder, Hans ^b   Sequeira, Gustavo ^a   Blanco, Luís ^c   Jiménez, Mario ^a   Sánchez, Félix ^d   Albin, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Trabajo y Ambiente   (Nicaragua)

^d Departamento de Medicina   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Child labor; Lung volumes; Managua; Nicaragua; Particles; Waste picking; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 77950811245     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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