Health effects of an efficient vented stove in the highlands of Guatemala

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-432

  Harris, Steven A ^a   Weeks, James B ^b   Chen, Juan Perez ^b   Layde, Peter ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Santa Avelina ^*  (Guatemala)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomass; Cookery; Indoor; Respiratory tract disease; Smoke

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

EID: 79957809996     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.523708     Document Type: Article

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