Air pollution in New Guinea. Cause of chronic pulmonary disease among stone-age natives in the Highlands

JAMA. 1974 Jun 24;228(13):1653-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.228.13.1653.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Air Movements
  • Air Pollution*
  • Altitude
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Female
  • Housing
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lung Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Lung Diseases / etiology
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • New Guinea
  • Poverty
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / epidemiology
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / epidemiology
  • Smoke*
  • Smoking / complications
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Ventilation
  • Vital Capacity

Substances

  • Smoke