Personal exposures to fine particulate matter and black carbon in households cooking with biomass fuels in rural Ghana

Environmental Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Van Vliet, Eleanne D S ^a   Asante, Kwakupoku ^b   Jack, Darby W ^a   Kinney, Patrick L ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Chillrud, Steven N ^c   Abokyi, Livesy ^b   Zandoh, Charles ^b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Black carbon; Cooking; Fine particulate matter; Personal exposure

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ETHNICITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; REFLECTANCE; SMOKE; WEATHER;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KITCHEN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; COOKING; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOFUELS; CARBON; COOKING; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; WOOD;

GHANA;

EID: 84888384837     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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