Effects of indoor air pollution on respiratory symptoms of non-smoking women in Niš, Serbia

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 351-355

  Stanković, Aleksandra ^a   Nikolić, Maja ^a   Arandjelovič, Mirjana ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Indoor air pollution; Non smoking women; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOISTURE; PET ANIMAL; PHLEGMON; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SERBIA; SINUSITIS; SMOKE; SMOKING; WHEEZING; AIR QUALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84866407300     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-6-6-351     Document Type: Article

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