Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 481-488

  Ezzati, Majid ^a,b   Kammen, Daniel M ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Africa; Biomass combustion; Developing countries; Exposure response relationship; Field study; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter; Public health

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FUEL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0035325209     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109481     Document Type: Article

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