Peak expiratory flow rates among women exposed to different cooking fuels in rural India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 900-905

  Neelam, Sukhsohale D ^a   Uday, Narlawar W ^b   Sushama, Thakre S ^a   Suresh, Ughade N ^b  

^a Indira Gandhi Government Medical College   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cooking fuels; Indoor air pollution; Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR); Rural India

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; PETROLEUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOFUELS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PETROLEUM; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893542023     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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