Indoor air pollution and health of children in biomass fuel-using households of Bangladesh: Comparison between urban and rural areas

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 375-383

  Khalequzzaman, Md ^a   Kamijima, Michihiro ^b   Sakai, Kiyoshi ^c   Ebara, Takeshi ^b   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; Biomass; Children; Environmental; Indoor air pollution

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DUST; FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; DIARRHEA; DUST; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555172557     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0208-z     Document Type: Article

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