Seasonal concentrations and determinants of indoor particulate matter in a low-income community in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Environmental Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-16

  Gurley, Emily S ^a,b   Salje, Henrik ^b   Homaira, Nusrat ^a   Ram, Pavani K ^c   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Petri, William A ^d   Bresee, Joseph ^e   Moss, William J ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^a,e   Breysse, Patrick ^b   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Biomass; Indoor air; Particulate matter; Urban health

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

BIOMASS BURNING; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUEL; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOKING; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; BIOFUELS; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POVERTY; SEASONS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84873990445     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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