Indoor air pollution, cookstove quality, and housing characteristics in two Honduran communities

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Clark, Maggie L ^a   Reynolds, Stephen J ^a   Burch, James B ^a,b   Conway, Stuart ^c   Bachand, Annette M ^a   Peel, Jennifer L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Trees Water and People   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cookstoves; Honduras; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HONDURAS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COOKERY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 71449124987     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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