Magnitude of indoor NO2 from biomass fuels in rural settings of Ethiopia

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-21

  Kumie, A ^a   Emmelin, A ^b   Wahlberg, S ^b   Berhane, Y ^c   Ali, A ^a   Mekonnen, E ^a   Brandstrom, D ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agro ecology; Ethiopia; Indoor air pollution; Magnitude

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; RURAL AREAS;

AGRO ECOLOGIES; AIR SAMPLING; BIOMASS FUELS; ETHIOPIA; FUEL COMBUSTION; INDOOR AIR; MAGNITUDE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WILLEMS BADGES; WORLD POPULATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 58449098742     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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