Household air pollution and under-five mortality in Bangladesh (2004–2011)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 12847-12862

  Naz, Sabrina ^a   Page, Andrew ^a   Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cooking fuels; Household air pollution; Indoor air pollution; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD MORTALITY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INDOOR AIR; MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

BANGLADESH;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BANGLADESH; COOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84945218140     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121012847     Document Type: Article

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