A cross-sectional study of household biomass fuel use among a periurban population in Malawi

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 908-914

  Piddock, Katy C ^a,b   Gordon, Stephen B ^a,b   Ngwira, Andrew ^c   Msukwa, Malango ^c   Nadeau, Gilbert ^d   Davis, Kourtney J ^e   Nyirenda, Moffat J ^c   Mortimer, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel use; Household air pollution; Noncommunicable diseases

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS FUEL; CHARCOAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; COOKING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; CHILD; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911908756     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201311-413OC     Document Type: Article

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