Indoor air pollution-related acute lower respiratory infections and low birthweight: A systematic review

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 457-466

  Misra, Puneet ^a   Srivastava, Rahul ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^a   Sreenivaas, Vishnubhatla ^a   Pandav, Chandrakant S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ALRI; Indoor air pollution; Indoor smoke; Low birthweight; Pneumonia; Solid biomass fuel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RISK; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE;

EID: 84870453234     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms017     Document Type: Article

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