Household concentrations and exposure of children to particulate matter from biomass fuels in the Gambia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3519-3527

  Dionisio, Kathie L ^a   Howie, Stephen R C ^b   Dominici, Francesca ^a   Fornace, Kimberly M ^c   Spengler, John D ^a   Adegbola, Richard A ^b,d   Ezzati, Majid ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUELS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HEALTH EFFECTS; IN-FIELD; INDIRECT ESTIMATES; INDIRECT METHODS; LIMITED DATA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; SIMPLE METHOD; VALIDATION DATA;

CHARCOAL;

FUELS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; FIELD SURVEY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHILD; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMBIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMBIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WOOD;

GAMBIA;

EID: 84858670743     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203047e     Document Type: Article

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