Solid Fuel Use: Health Effect

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 150-161

  Rehfuess, E A ^a   Bruce, N G ^b   Smith, K R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI); Air pollution; Biomass; Carbon monoxide; Carcinogen; Children; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Coal; Developing countries; Household energy; Indoor air pollution; Lung cancer; Particulate matter; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879994175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00716-9     Document Type: Chapter

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