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dc.contributor.advisor | Barratt, Graham James | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kistnasamy, Emilie Joy | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-10-23T10:21:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-10-23T10:21:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.other | DIT112548 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10321/122 | - |
dc.description | Dissertation submitted in compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Environmental Health, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2005. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | South Durban is in the province of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa and is home to two international petro-chemical refineries, a paper mill, sewage works, an international airport, a chemical tank farm with approximately 970 tanks, a number of landfill sites, an airport, various processing and manufacturing industries which are all in close proximity to residential and recreational areas. This area is known as the South Durban Industrial Basin (SDIB). Serious concerns have arisen about the potential health impacts that could arise from ambient air pollution from these industries. Learners and staff at the Settlers Primary School situated in Merebank, a suburb in the SDIB, perceived themselves to be at risk for air pollutant related health effects owing to the schools’ geographic location. The aims of this study was a) to determine the prevalence of asthma among learners from Grades 3 and 6 and staff at Settlers Primary School and b) To investigate whether outdoor air pollutant concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), ozone (O3), total reduced sulphur (TRS), carbon monoxide (CO) and respirable particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10) were associated with increased signs and symptoms of asthma in the study population. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 225 p | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Pollution--Environmental aspects | en_US |
dc.subject | Asthma | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Environmental health--Dissertations, Academic | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Environmentally Induced Diseases | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pollution--Health aspects | en_US |
dc.title | The relationship between asthma and outdoor air pollutant concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), ozone (O3) total reduced sulphates (TRS), carbon monoxide (CO) and respirable particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10) in learners and teachers at Settlers Primary School in Merebank, south Durban | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.level | M | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.51415/10321/122 | - |
local.sdg | SDG03 | - |
local.sdg | SDG04 | - |
local.sdg | SDG09 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.openairetype | Thesis | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
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