The contributions of emissions and spatial microenvironments to exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion in Kenya

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 833-839

  Ezzati, Majid ^a,b,d   Saleh, Homayoun ^a   Kammen, Daniel M ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Biomass combustion; Exposure assessment; Field study; Household energy; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0033756104     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108833     Document Type: Article

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