Kerosene: A review of household uses and their hazards in low-and middle-income countries

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 396-432

  Lam, Nicholas L ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^a   Gauthier, Alison ^a   Bates, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; KEROSENE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; BURN; CANCER RISK; COMBUSTION; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSION; FIRE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEATING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTOXICATION; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIROMETRY; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; KEROSENE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84865740290     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2012.710134     Document Type: Review

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