Factors affecting the choice of cooking fuel, cooking place and respiratory health in the Accra metropolitan area, Ghana

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-412

  Owusu Boadi, Kwasi ^a   Kuitunen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FUEL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GHANA; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PLACE PREFERENCE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; WOOD; CLASSIFICATION; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHARCOAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 33745305217     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026635     Document Type: Article

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