Cooking fuel type, household ventilation, and the risk of acute lower respiratory illness in urban Bangladeshi children: A longitudinal study

Indoor Air

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-139

  Murray, E L ^a   Brondi, L ^b,d   Kleinbaum, D ^a   McGowan, J E ^a   Van Mels, C ^b   Brooks, W A ^b   Goswami, D ^b   Ryan, P B ^a   Klein, M ^a   Bridges, C B ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infections; Bangladesh; Children; Cooking fuel; Longitudinal study; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISEASES; VENTILATION;

ACUTE LOW RESPIRATORY INFECTION; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS FUELS; CHILD; COOKING FUELS; ELECTRIC FANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW INCOMES; LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858149792     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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