Identification of a threshold for biomass exposure index for chronic bronchitis in rural women of Mysore district, Karnataka, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-94

  Mahesh, P A ^a   Jayaraj, B S ^a   Prabhakar, A K ^a   Chaya, S K ^a   Vijaysimha, R ^a  

^a JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biomass exposure index; Biomass fuel; Chronic bronchitis; Number needed to harm; Threshold for biomass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84874726670     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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