Household air pollution (HAP), microenvironment and child health: Strategies for mitigating HAP exposure in urban Rwanda

Household air pollution (HAP), microenvironment and child health: Strategies for mitigating HAP exposure in urban Rwanda

Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking and heating with solid fuels is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Children under five are particularly at risk for acute lower respiratory infection. We use baseline data from a randomized controlled trial ev...

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Main Authors: Ipsita Das, Joseph Pedit, Sudhanshu Handa, Pamela Jagger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
Household air pollution
Africa
microenvironment
ventilation
biomass fuels
children
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab047

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab047

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