Carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen concentrations from cookstove-related woodsmoke in San Marcos, Peru

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-54

  Commodore, Adwoa A ^a   Hartinger, Stella M ^b,c   Lanata, Claudio F ^b   Mäusezahl, Daniel ^c   Gil, Ana I ^b   Hall, Daniel B ^a   Aguilar Villalobos, Manuel ^d   Butler, Corey J ^a   Naeher, Luke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Asociación del Aire Ambiental   (Peru)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Children; Cookstove; Exposure assessment; Household air pollution; Peru; Women; Woodsmoke

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERU; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; PERU; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOOD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875058045     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2049396712Y.0000000014     Document Type: Article

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