Household air quality risk factors associated with childhood pneumonia in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 968-975

  Ram, Pavani K ^a   Dutt, Dhiman ^b   Silk, Benjamin J ^c   Doshi, Saumil ^d   Rudra, Carole B ^a   Abedin, Jaynal ^e   Goswami, Doli ^e   Fry, Alicia M ^d   Brooks, W Abdullah ^b,f   Luby, Stephen P ^b,g   Cohen, Adam L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE; FUEL; NATURAL GAS; TIN;

AGE; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 84900403701     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0532     Document Type: Article

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