Who suffers from indoor air pollution? Evidence from Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 444-458

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Huq, Mainul ^a   Khaliquzzaman, M ^a   Pandey, Kiran ^a   Wheeler, David ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Household; Human exposure; Indoor air pollution

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750359172     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czl027     Document Type: Article

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