Volume 10
Number 1 January 2008Effect of Air Pollution on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Urban Industrial and Non-industrial Adolescents
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2008.v1001.04
Akhter N1 , Molla M H2 , Akther D3 , Rahman Md. A4 , Naher S5
Abstract
A prospective cross-sectional study was done over a period of one year, to observe the changes in peak expiratory flow tare IPEFR) in urban adolescents. For this purpose. 200 adolescents of both sexes wish age ranging from 15 to 18 vests were selected. PEFR was assessed by VW ventilometer in standing position. Age and sex matched 100 apparently healthy adolescents of both sexes were taken from rural area as controls. The mean pmedage of predicted value of were in urban industrial adolescents was significantly lower (p<0.05) in case of stale than that of mut area. Again. the mean percentage of predicted value of PEFR ist adolescent male of urban industrial and non-industrial arm and also that of the urban non-inditstrial and rand areas were Imre, but the differenm among them were not statistically significant. In me (female. the observed values of the urban industrial adolescents was lower but trot significant than those of the urban non. industrial and nowt areas. Industrial area male are store affected dew to air pollution, because of their mem exposure to pollutants.
Keywords:
- Associate Professor of Physiology
- Professor of Physiology
- Lecturer of Physiology
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
- Associate Professor of Anatomy