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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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Autores principales:	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
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2018
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30486291 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122653

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