Air Pollution and Nasal Mucociliary Clearance Time among Urban and Rural Residents in Two Philippine Communities
| Autor: | Soraya N. Joson, Joman Q. Laxamana |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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business.industry
Mucociliary clearance air pollution Air pollution air quality index saccharin test medicine.disease_cause lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:RF1-547 Methylene blue test Environmental health medicine methylene blue naso mucociliary clearance time business Air quality index nasal mucociliary clearance |
| Zdroj: | Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 35, Iss 1 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2094-1501 1908-4889 |
| Popis: | Objective: To measure the nasal mucociliary clearance (NMC) time among adults residing in two Philippine communities with different air quality indices using the saccharin and methylene blue test. Methods: Design: Cross-Sectional Study Setting: Diliman, Quezon City and Puerto Princesa, Palawan Participantss: Fifty (50) participants, 25 residing in an urban city with fair air quality index and 25 residing in a rural province with good air quality index. Results: The mean NMC time of the urban group was 22.15±12.68 mins and was significantly longer than the NMC time of the rural group which was 5.29±2.87mins; t(48) = 6.643, p |
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