Biomass fuel use and the exposure of children to particulate air pollution in southern Nepal

Environment International

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-87

  Devakumar, D ^a   Semple, S ^b   Osrin, D ^a   Yadav, S K ^c   Kurmi, O P ^d   Saville, N M ^a   Shrestha, B ^c   Manandhar, D S ^c   Costello, A ^a   Ayres, J G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Exposure modeling; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS;

ACTIVITY INFORMATIONS; EXPOSURE MODELING; LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FUELS;

FUEL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CHILD HEALTH; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS; GRAVIMETRY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; NEPAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; TIME; WINTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DHANUSHA; JANAKPUR; NEPAL;

CHILD HEALTH; EXPOSURE MODELING; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHILD; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

EID: 84894202379     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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