EFFECTS OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES AMONGST CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS IN EASTERN PART OF INDIA: A HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY
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Globally, Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI), along with diarrhoea, still remains a leading cause of mortality in under-5 children, as per recent estimates of World Health Organisation (WHO). Respiratory infections are also a significant contributor of hospital admissions in children of low- and middle- income countries. In spite of the interventions for prevention and control of pneumonia, under the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program since 1992, about 17.1% of under-5 mortality, 30-50% of outpatient department (OPD) attendance, and 20-40% of inpatient admissions in India, are due to ARIs. [1]
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Dr Tania Chakraborty, Dr Sukanya Dey, & Dr Arijit Das. (2026). EFFECTS OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES AMONGST CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS IN EASTERN PART OF INDIA: A HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 33(2), 562-570. https://doi.org/10.69980/ffw19b80
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Dr Tania Chakraborty
Assistant professor, Department of Paediatrics, ESI-PGIMSR & ESIC Medical College and ODC, Joka, Kolkata]-
Dr Sukanya Dey
RMO cum Clinical Tutor, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal]
Dr Arijit Das
Professor & HOD, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal]
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Dr Tania Chakraborty, Dr Sukanya Dey, & Dr Arijit Das. (2026). EFFECTS OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES AMONGST CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS IN EASTERN PART OF INDIA: A HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 33(2), 562-570. https://doi.org/10.69980/ffw19b80
