Assessment of health impacts of vehicular pollution on occupationally exposed people in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-133

  Adeleke, M A ^a   Bamgbose, J T ^a   Oguntoke, O ^a   Itua, E O ^a   Bamgbose, O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Air pollution; COHb; Health impact; Respiratory diseases; Vehicle emission

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORTHO XYLENE; SULFUR OXIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; NIGERIA; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79953129061     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/TEP28128     Document Type: Article

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