Diseases of the Digestive System and Air Pollution

Air Pollution and its Effects on Autoimmune Diseases

Allergic diseases and air pollution

The prevalence of allergic diseases has been increasing rapidly, especially in developing countries. Various adverse health outcomes such as allergic disease can be attributed to rapidly increasing air pollution levels. Rapid urbanization and increased energy consumption worldwide have exposed the human body to not only increased quantities of ambient air pollution, but also a greater variety o...

Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases

Air pollution and pulmonary diseases.

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Diseases of the Digestive System

By J. W. Farquhar, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. (Pp. 28; figs. 2. 5s). Edinburgh and London: S. & S. Livingstone, 1970. THIS little book of 27 pages adequately covers what parents of diabetic children need to know to enable them to manage their child's disability successfully. However, urine testing four times daily would seem to be a standard of perfection beyond reach and counting the total number of uri...