Effect of occupational exposure to pollutants on peak expiratory fow rate of healthy non-smoking bus drivers in the age group of 20-55 years

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-179

  Jain, Aditya ^a   Singh, Manjinder ^b  

^a General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College   (India)

^b GIAN SAGAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bus drivers; Lung functions; Mini Wright's Peak Flow Meter; Peak expiratory flow; PEFR; Respiratory airways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CAR DRIVING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; EXHAUST GAS; FLOWMETER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 84860177713     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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