Indoor air pollution from biomass fuels and respiratory health of the exposed population in Nepalese households

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-160

  Shrestha, Iswori Lal ^a   Shrestha, Srijan Lal ^b  

^a Nepal Environmental and Scientific Services (P) Ltd (NESS)   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Biomass fuels; Indoor air pollution; Nepal; Particulate matter; Respiratory health outcomes; Statistical association

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHEN; NEPAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKE; WHEEZING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOENERGY; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE; HOUSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKE;

EID: 21444441913     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.2.150     Document Type: Article

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