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Title:		Exposure to vehicular pollution and assessment of respiratory function in urban inhabitants
Author(s):		Chattopadhyay BP; Mukherjee A; Mukherjee K; Roychowdhury A;
Address:		"Respiratory Physiology, Regional Occupational Health Center (E), Kolkata, West Bengal, 700091, India. bpc_rohc_icmr@yahoo.co.in. Industrial Hygiene, Regional Occupational Health Center (E), Kolkata, West Bengal, 700091, India. Industrial Toxicology, Regional Occupational Health Center (E), Kolkata, West Bengal, 700091, India"
Journal Title:		Lung
Year:		2007
Volume:		20070729
Issue:		5
Page Number:		263 - 270
DOI:		10.1007/s00408-007-9015-0
ISSN/ISBN:		0341-2040 (Print) 0341-2040 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Particulate matter less than PM(10) and aromatic chemicals formed during incomplete combustion of organic matter are major environmental pollutants because of their toxic potential. The present study reports on the respiratory morbidity pattern of people exposed to auto exhaust as a result of the traffic load consisting of three varieties of vehicles (heavy, medium, and light) at three different points: North (B), South (E), and Central (C) regions of Kolkata, India. Particle size distribution was analyzed by an Anderson cascade impactor and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were analyzed by sorbent tube and capillary gas chromatography with flame ionization detector. Levels of VOCs, particularly benzene and toluene (at B, 15.2 and 20.1 microg/m(3); at E, 67.4 and 74.6 microg/m(3), and at C, 40.7 and 61.3 microg/m(3), respectively), were found to be appreciably high in three sites in Kolkata compared with the values reported by the U.S. EPA. PM(10) concentrations also have been found to be higher than the Central Pollution Control Board of India's permissible standard (
Keywords:		Adult Air Pollutants/chemistry/*toxicity *Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Female Humans India Lung Diseases/*chemically induced/physiopathology Male Middle Aged Particle Size Particulate Matter/chemistry/*toxicity *Respiration Respiratory;
Notes:		"MedlineChattopadhyay, Bhaskar Prasad Mukherjee, AsitKumar Mukherjee, Krishnendu Roychowdhury, Amal eng Multicenter Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2007/07/31 Lung. 2007 Sep-Oct; 185(5):263-270. doi: 10.1007/s00408-007-9015-0. Epub 2007 Jul 29"