Indoor air pollution and health: bridging perspectives from develo** and developed countries

A Pillarisetti, W Ye, S Chowdhury - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Much of the global population spends most of their time indoors; however, air pollution
measurement, a proxy of exposure, occurs primarily outdoors. This fundamental disconnect …

Liquefied petroleum gas or biomass for cooking and effects on birth weight

TF Clasen, HH Chang, LM Thompson… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Exposure during pregnancy to household air pollution caused by the burning of
solid biomass fuel is associated with adverse health outcomes, including low birth weight …

Effects of cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass on stunting in infants

W Checkley, LM Thompson, SS Sinharoy… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Household air pollution is associated with stunted growth in infants. Whether
the replacement of biomass fuel (eg, wood, dung, or agricultural crop waste) with liquefied …

Liquefied petroleum gas or biomass cooking and severe infant pneumonia

ED McCollum, JP McCracken, MA Kirby… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Exposure to household air pollution is a risk factor for severe pneumonia. The
effect of replacing biomass cookstoves with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstoves on …

Household concentrations and female and child exposures to air pollution in peri-urban sub-Saharan Africa: measurements from the CLEAN-Air (Africa) study

M Shupler, T Tawiah, E Nix, M Baame… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Relatively clean cooking fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) emit less
fine particulate matter (PM 2· 5) and carbon monoxide (CO) than polluting fuels (eg, wood …

Cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass and fetal growth outcomes: a multi-country randomised controlled trial

W Checkley, LM Thompson, S Hossen… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Household air pollution might lead to fetal growth restriction during pregnancy.
We aimed to investigate whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention to reduce …

Effects of environmental health literacy-based interventions on indoor air quality and urinary concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic …

JH Kim, N Moon, SJ Heo, JM Kwak - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Indoor air pollution (IAP) caused by particulate matter (PM), aromatic and volatile chemicals
is one of the leading causes of adverse reproductive health effects, such as infertility …

[HTML][HTML] Household carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in a large African city: An unquantified public health burden?

F Orina, E Amukoye, C Bowyer, J Chakaya, D Das… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous gas produced by incomplete combustion of carbon-
based fuels that is linked to mortality and morbidity. Household air pollution from burning …

Household air pollution interventions to improve health in low-and middle-income countries: an official American Thoracic Society Research Statement

PS Lai, NL Lam, B Gallery, AG Lee… - American Journal of …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Background: An estimated 3 billion people, largely in low-and middle-income countries, rely
on unclean fuels for cooking, heating, and lighting to meet household energy needs. The …