Pilot study on the impact of biogas as a fuel source on respiratory health of women on rural Kenyan smallholder dairy farms

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dohoo, Carolyn ^a   Guernsey, Judith Read ^a,b   Critchley, Kimberley ^c   Vanleeuwen, John ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; FUEL; BIOFUEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOKING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PAIN; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BREATHING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INVENTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOFUELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866172192     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/636298     Document Type: Article

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