Indoor biofuel air pollution and respiratory health: The role of confounding factors among women in highland Guatemala

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 454-458

  Bruce, Nigel ^a   Neufeld, Lynnette ^b   Boy, Erick ^c   West, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Biofuel smoke exposure; Confounding; Intervention studies; Observational studies; Respiratory illness

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIMNEY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOOD;

AMERICAS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DOMICILE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ERROR SOURCES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH--WOMEN; HOUSEHOLDS; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CAUSALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEATING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WOOD;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0031843941     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.454     Document Type: Article

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