Epidemiological study on healthy subjects affected by agriculture crop-residue burning episodes and its relation with their pulmonary function tests

• Published in: International journal of environmental health research Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 281 - 295
• Main Authors: Agarwal, Ravinder, Awasthi, Amit, Singh, Nirankar, Mittal, Susheel K., Gupta, Prabhat Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis 01.08.2013; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: 2.5; Adult; Age Factors; Agriculture - methods; agriculture crop-residue burning; Air; Air Pollution - analysis; Airborne particulates; Biological and medical sciences; Burns; Child; Comparative analysis; Crop residues; Crops, Agricultural; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Epidemiology; Female; high volume sampler; Human subjects; Humans; Lung diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Oryza sativa; Particle Size; particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; pulmonary function test; Respiratory Function Tests; Soot - analysis; Soot - toxicity; spirometry; Toxicology; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; Triticum aestivum; Asia; India; Human; Spirometry; Proximity; Healthy subject; Toxicity; Patient; high volume sampler; Epidemiology; Burning; Coarse particle; Residential zone; Suspended particle; particulate matter; Lung function; Fine particle; Residue; agriculture crop-residue burning; Sampler; Aerosols; Air pollution; Agriculture; pulmonary function test; PM; Public health

Impact of agriculture crop-residue burning (ACRB) was studied on pulmonary function tests (PFTs) of 50 healthy subjects (13-53 years). Human subjects with no previous history of lung disease were residents of five sampling sites. Investigations were carried out from February 2007 to January 2010 usi...