Exposure to indoor air pollution & women health: The situation in urban india

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-145

  Dutta, Sabitri ^a   Banerjee, Sarmila ^b  

^a Dum Dum Motijheel College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution exposure; Environmental morbidity; Fuel type; Indoor air pollution; Urban India; Women

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MORBIDITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

INDIA; KOLKATA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84927780608     PISSN: 09754253     EISSN: 09763546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0975425314521545     Document Type: Article

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