Lung Function of Children at Three Sites of Varying Ambient Air Pollution Levels in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study

Air pollution is a major cause of sub-optimal lung function and lung diseases in childhood and adulthood. In this study we compared the lung function (measured by spirometry) of 537 Ugandan children, mean age 11.1 years in sites with high (Kampala and Jinja) and low (Buwenge) ambient air pollution l...

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Publicado en:Int J Environ Res Public Health
Main Authors: Kirenga, Bruce J., Nantanda, Rebecca, de Jong, Corina, Mugenyi, Levicatus, Meng, Qingyu, Aniku, Gilbert, Williams, Sian, Aanyu-Tukamuhebwa, Hellen, Kamya, Moses, Schwander, Stephan, van der Molen, Thys, Mohsenin, Vahid
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313711/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30486291
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122653
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