Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel smoke is a major health concern in the developing world

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 843-851

  Fullerton, Duncan G ^a,b   Bruce, Nigel ^c   Gordon, Stephen B ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Fuels; HIV; Respiratory tract infection; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COOKING; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SMOKE; TUBERCULOSIS; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATARACT; CHILD; COOKERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; HEATING; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SMOKE;

EID: 48449096623     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.028     Document Type: Review

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