Respiratory clinics and rural and Aboriginal health
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Rural air quality and respiratory health
Chapter II describes results from 197 rural households that were sampled over five continuous days for indoor and outdoor PM10, PM2.5, and endotoxin. Geometric mean indoor concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 (21.2 μg m, 12.2 μg m) were larger than outdoor concentrations (19.6 μg m, 8.2 μg m; p =0.072, p<0.001), while geometric mean endotoxin levels were almost six times larger in outdoor air compa...
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P Kuipers, D Harvey, M Lindeman, K Stothers Centre for Functioning and Health Research, Queensland Health & Population and Social Health Research Program, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Centre for Remote Health, Flinders University, Alice Springs, Northern Territo...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp20x712265