Smoke Pollution in Dwellings of Infants with Bronchopneumonia
| Autor: | G. O. Sofoluwe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1968 |
| Předmět: |
Pollution
Time Factors media_common.quotation_subject Nitrogen Dioxide Nigeria Bronchopneumonia Toxicology Air Pollution medicine Humans Sulfur Dioxide Environmental Chemistry Bronchitis General Environmental Science media_common Smoke Carbon Monoxide business.industry Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Benzene Environmental Exposure medicine.disease Bronchiolitis Child Preschool Environmental chemistry business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 16:670-672 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9896 |
| Popis: | Homes of 98 children diagnosed as suffering from bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia were investigated in Lagos, Nigeria. Estimates of the duration of these infants’ exposure to smoke emanating from burning firewood was approximately an average of 3.13 hours a day. The children were found to be exposed to average concentrations of 940.2 ppm of CO; 8.6 ppm of No2; 37.8 ppm of SO2, and possibly 85.6 ppm of benzene. These gases at these concentrations could easily irritate the respiratory tract of these infants who could hardly complain or run away from the smoke. |
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