Childhood illness in households using biomass fuels in India: Secondary data analysis of nationally representative national family health surveys

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-42

  Patel, Archana B ^a,b   Dhande, Leena A ^a,b   Pusdekar, Yamini V ^a   Borkar, Jitesh A ^a   Badhoniya, Neetu B ^a   Hibberd, Patricia L ^c  

^a Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diarrhea; Fever; India; Indoor air pollution; Respiratory infection; Solid fuels; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAL; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FEVER; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PETROLEUM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOOD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875058663     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2049396712Y.0000000013     Document Type: Article

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