Designs of two randomized, community-based trials to assess the impact of alternative cookstove installation on respiratory illness among young children and reproductive outcomes in rural Nepal

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tielsch, James M ^a   Katz, Joanne ^b   Zeger, Scott L ^b   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   Shrestha, Laxman ^d   Breysse, Patrick ^b   Checkley, William ^e   Mullany, Luke C ^b   LeClerq, Steven C ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALRI; Biomass fuel; Birthweight; Household air pollution; Improved cookstoves; Pneumonia; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84924298490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1271     Document Type: Article

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