Pilot intervention study of household ventilation and fine particulate matter concentrations in a low-income Urban Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 615-623

  Weaver, Anne M ^a,b   Parveen, Shahana ^c   Goswami, Doli ^c   Crabtree Ide, Christina ^b   Rudra, Carole ^b   Yu, Jihnhee ^b   Mu, Lina ^c   Fry, Alicia M ^d   Sharmin, Iffat ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^c,e   Ram, Pavani K ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRICITY; FEAR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONITORING; MOSQUITO; NOISE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; THEFT; URBAN AREA; AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 84900453621     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0326     Document Type: Article

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