Household air pollution and stillbirths in India: Analysis of the DLHS-II National Survey

Environmental Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-22

  Lakshmi, P V M ^a   Virdi, Navkiran Kaur ^a   Sharma, Atul ^a   Tripathy, Jaya Prasad ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^b   Bates, Michael N ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel; Cooking fuel; Indoor air pollution; Kerosene; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

FUEL; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; FUELWOOD; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INDOOR AIR; NEONATE; POISSON RATIO; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BLEEDING; COOKING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTRICITY; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILLUMINATION; INDIA; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STILLBIRTH; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKING; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; KEROSENE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

EID: 84873997206     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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