Domestic fuels, indoor air pollution, and children's health: The case of rural India

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 209-217

  Padhi, Bijaya Kumar ^a   Padhy, Pratap Kumar ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Children; Indoor air pollution; Lung function; Rural India

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; CHILD; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKE; SPIROMETER;

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 54949103517     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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