Quantification of indoor air pollution from using cookstoves and estimation of its health effects on adult women in Northwest Bangladesh

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-475

  Chowdhury, Zohir ^a   Le, Leah Thi ^a   Masud, Abdullah Al ^b   Chang, Karen C ^a   Alauddin, Mohammad ^c   Hossain, Mahmood ^d   Zakaria, A B M ^e   Hopke, Philip K ^f  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d San Diego County Air Pollution Control District   (United States)

^e Exonics Technology Center   (Bangladesh)

^f CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Combustion aerosols; Indoor air pollution; Personal exposure; PM2.5; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; DUSTTRAK; ELEMENTAL CARBON; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICLE MONITOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; SOLID FUELS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE NUMBER; WOOD BURNING;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; FUELS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHENS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POTASSIUM; RURAL AREAS;

STOVES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84863960995     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.10.0161     Document Type: Article

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