Smoke Pollution in Dwellings of Infants with Bronchopneumonia
- 1 May 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of environmental health
- Vol. 16 (5) , 670-672
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1968.10665126
Abstract
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.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Status of Air Pollution Health Research, 1966Archives of environmental health, 1967
- The Irritant Potential of Pollutants in the AtmosphereArchives of environmental health, 1967