Effective of vehicular banning and its reflection in disease incidence in Kolkata

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 491-496

  Chandra, Ayan ^a   Saha, Gaurav ^a   Goswami, Sayantan ^a   Saha, Anwesha ^a   Sinha Roy, Soumi ^a   Ganguly, Payel ^a   Ghosh, Avishek ^a   Banerjee, Kaveri ^a   Saraf, Radhika ^a   Banerjee, Arpita ^b   Mitra, Arup Kr ^a  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Lung cancer; Old vehicle ban in Kolkata; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; VEHICLES;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; OLD VEHICLES; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OXIDE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; STATE ROLE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 80053953789     PISSN: 09726268     EISSN: 23953454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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