Indoor air pollution in rural China: Cooking fuels, stoves, and health status

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-95

  Peabody, John W ^b   Riddell, Travis J ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^c   Liu, Yaping ^a   Zhao, Yanyun ^d   Gong, Jianghui ^e   Milet, Meredith ^c   Sinton, Jonathan E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Indoor air pollution; Pulmonary function; Rural poverty; Solid cooking fuels

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; FUEL; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; SULFUR OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COOKING; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROOM VENTILATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

EID: 33750471217     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.60.2.86-95     Document Type: Article

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