Impact of biogas digesters on cookhouse volatile organic compound exposure for rural Kenyan farmwomen

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-174

  Dohoo, Carolyn ^a   Read Guernsey, Judith ^a,b   Gibson, Mark D ^c   Van Leeuwen, John ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biogas digester; global health; indoor air quality; renewable energy; volatile organic compounds; wood smoke

Indexed keywords

1,3-DICHLORO-1-PROPENE; 4-DICHLOROBENZENE; AIR POLLUTANT; ALLYL COMPOUND; BIOFUEL; BROMOFORM; CHLOROBENZENE; MANURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRIHALOMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOKING; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KENYA; MANURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; WOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; BIOFUELS; CHLOROBENZENES; COOKING; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MANURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TRIHALOMETHANES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923596698     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.42     Document Type: Article

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