Lung function indices of children exposed to wood smoke in a fishing port in south-south nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 399-402

  Oloyede, Iso P ^a   Ekrikpo, Udeme E ^a   Ekanem, Emmanuel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel; Children; Lung function tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; WOOD;

BIOMASS FUEL; CHILDREN; LUNG FUNCTION TESTS;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NIGERIA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; VITAL CAPACITY; WOOD;

EID: 84885156294     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt033     Document Type: Article

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