Indoor carbon monoxide and PM2.5 concentrations by cooking fuels in Pakistan

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Siddiqui, A R ^a,b   Lee, K ^a,c   Bennett, D ^a   Yang, X ^a   Brown, K H ^d   Bhutta, Z A ^b   Gold, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass combustion; Developing country; Indoor air quality; Kitchen; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHENS; STOVES; WOOD;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ARITHMETIC MEAN; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; COOKING FUELS; DOMESTIC ENERGY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM 2.5; WOOD BURNING;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 58449091208     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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