Exposure to biomass smoke as a cause for airway disease in women and children

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-90

  Kodgule, Rahul ^a   Salvi, Sundeep ^a  

^a Chest Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Biomass smoke; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BIOMASS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COOKING; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE;

EID: 84857048283     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32834ecb65     Document Type: Review

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