Open AccessPulmonary functions and respiratory symptoms of the women exposed to mine tailings
Author(s) -
Usha G Shenoy,
Karthiyanee Kutty
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_313_19
Subject(s) - spirometer , vital capacity , medicine , tailings , pulmonary function testing , asthma , respiratory system , environmental health , spirometry , air pollution , lung , lung function , exhaled nitric oxide , metallurgy , chemistry , organic chemistry , diffusing capacity , materials science
Impact of mining on environmental degradation affecting water, soil, and air is established. With the recognition that air pollution is the most important cause for noncommunicable cause for mortality and women as a gender at higher susceptibility to lung dysfunction, it was necessary to make a start to understand the detrimental effect of mine tailing on ambient air pollution almost two decades after closure and its effect on the vulnerable women residents.