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Table 1 Risk factors for the alteration of spirometry indexes

From: Respiratory illness and air pollution from the steel industry: the case of Piquiá de Baixo, Brazil (Preliminary report)

 

Years of residence in Piquiá

Exposure to cigarette smoke

Use of charcoal stoves

Respiratory comorbidity

1–10 years

>10 years

Male (M)

24 %

76 %

56 %

69 %

74 %

Female (F)

15 %

85 %

44 %

69 %

76 %