The respiratory health of school children in smelter communities
作者:
Russell Dodge,
期刊:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
(WILEY Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 3‐4
页码: 359-364
ISSN:0271-3586
年代: 1980
DOI:10.1002/ajim.4700010312
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: children;health;particulate;smelters;spirometry
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis study compares the pulmonary function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms and disorders among school children living in smelter towns and other communities of Arizona. The rate of asthma was found to be significantly higher in whites than Mexican‐Americans, although differences in related problems, such as wheezing, were not significant. When the subjects were grouped by area of residence, the children living in areas with relatively high particulate levels had significantly lower pulmonary function than children living in areas with low particulate levels. No relation between symptoms or pulmonary function and sulfur dioxide levels was observe
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