Air pollution and its impact on lung function of children in Delhi, the capital city of India

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 212, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Siddique, Shabana ^d   Banerjee, Madhuchanda ^a   Ray, Manas Ranjan ^b   Lahiri, Twisha ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Lung function; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY DATA; AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST; CHILDREN; CONTROL GROUPS; INDOOR AIR; LASER PHOTOMETERS; LUNG FUNCTION; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST; RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION; URBAN AREAS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; EXHAUST EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 77957572521     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0324-1     Document Type: Article

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