Estimating the number of low-income Americans exposed to household air pollution from burning solid fuels

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 806-810

  Rogalsky, Derek K ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^b   Metts, Tricia A ^c   Martin II, William J ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COKE; FUEL; SOLID FUEL; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNITED STATES; WOOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENERGY RESOURCE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905261810     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1306709     Document Type: Article

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