Indoor air pollution and the health of children in biomass-and fossil-fuel users of Bangladesh: Situation in two different seasons

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-243

  Khalequzzaman, Md ^a   Kamijima, Michihiro ^b   Sakai, Kiyoshi ^c   Hoque, Bilqis Amin ^d   Nakajima, Tamie ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Environment and Population Research Center (EPRC)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Children; Environmental; Health; Indoor air pollution

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 77956465327     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0133-6     Document Type: Article

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