Effects of agriculture crop residue burning on children and young on PFTs in North West India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4440-4445

  Awasthi, Amit ^a   Singh, Nirankar ^a   Mittal, Susheel ^a   Gupta, Prabhat K ^b   Agarwal, Ravinder ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture crop residue burning; Children; PFTs; PM10; PM2.5; Spirometry; SPM

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE CROPS; CHILDREN; PFTS; PM10; PM2.5; SPIROMETRY; SPM;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CROPS; HEALTH HAZARDS;

AIR QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CHILD HEALTH; CROP RESIDUE; HEALTH IMPACT; RESPIRATION; SMOKE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE CROP RESIDUE BURNING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; LUNG; PARTICULATE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHILD; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; INDIA; LUNG; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; PATIALA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 77955917837     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.040     Document Type: Article

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