Effects of pollution on health of residents in an industrial area in Sri Lanka.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Chandrasekara, Bandula; De Silva, H. Janaka; Dissanayake, Asoka S.; Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam; Premaratna, Ranjan | Copyright information

The authors conducted a cross-sectional comparative prevalence study to evaluate the effect of pollution on individuals who lived in an industrial zone in Sri Lanka. In this study, 81 male and female children who were 1-12 yr of age and 158 adults (51 males, 107 females) in the industrial zone were matched with 73 children (32 males, 41 females) and 146 adults (58 males, 88 females), respectively, who lived in a nonindustrialized area and whose ages were similar to those of the exposed indi...

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