Acute lung function response to dust in street sweepers

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2126-2129

  Johncy Smilee, S ^a   Dhanyakumar, G ^a   Vivian Samuel, T ^a   Ajay, K T ^a   Bondade, Suresh Y ^a  

^a J J M MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Forced vital capacity; Pulmonary function test; Street sweepers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84885197303     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5818.3449     Document Type: Article

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