Eye and respiratory symptoms among women exposed to wood smoke emitted from indoor cooking: a study from southern Pakistan

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 58-66

  Siddiqui, Amna Rehana ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^b   Gold, Ellen B ^c   Bhutta, Z A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SMOKE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NASAL CONGESTION; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS;

WOOD;

EID: 33846273391     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60524-4     Document Type: Article

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