Home environment and indoor air pollution exposure in an African birth cohort study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 362-367

  Vanker, Aneesa ^a   Barnett, Whitney ^a   Nduru, Polite M ^b   Gie, Robert P ^c   Sly, Peter D ^d   Zar, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

African birth cohort; Environmental health; Indoor air pollution; Maternal and child health; Public health

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; BUILDINGS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEATING; HOUSING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AFRICAN BIRTH COHORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES; SMOKING PREVALENCES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICAN; AIR ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEATING; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84938100087     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.136     Document Type: Article

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