The impacts of cooking and indoor air quality assessment in the southwestern region of Bangladesh

M Akteruzzaman, MA Rahman, FM Rabbi, S Asharof… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The main objective of this study is to assess the impacts of cooking and indoor air quality
(IAQ) in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. Here we report and compare the IAQ in …

Indoor air pollution and the health of children in biomass-and fossil-fuel users of Bangladesh: situation in two different seasons

M Khalequzzaman, M Kamijima, K Sakai… - … health and preventive …, 2010 - Springer
Objectives Indoor air pollution levels are reported to be higher with biomass fuel, and a
number of respiratory diseases in children are associated with pollution from burning such …

Exposure of malaysian children to air pollutants over the school day

E Ezani, P Brimblecombe - Urban Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
Children are sensitive to air pollution and spend long hours in and around their schools, so
the school day has an important impact on their overall exposure. This study of Kuala …

Assessment of indoor and outdoor particulate air pollution at an urban background site in Iran

M Mohammadyan, M Ghoochani, I Kloog… - Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
The relationship between indoor and outdoor particulate air pollution was investigated at an
urban background site on the Payambar Azam Campus of Mazandaran University of …

Spatial and temporal variations in indoor air quality in Lahore, Pakistan

I Colbeck, S Sidra, Z Ali, S Ahmed, ZA Nasir - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Indoor air pollution is a significant economic burden in Pakistan with an annual cost of 1% of
gross domestic product. Moreover, according to the World Health Organization 81% of the …

Indoor air pollution in developing countries: recommendations for research

KR Smith - Indoor air, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Available studies indicate that indoor air pollution (IAP) from household cooking and space
heating apparently causes substantial ill‐health in developing countries where the majority …

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

I Das, J Pedit, S Handa, P Jagger - Environmental Research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Indoor air pollution is associated with respiratory symptoms in children in urban Vietnam

HHTC Le, HKT Ngo, LS Hieu, PD Sly, D Phung… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to indoor air pollution (IAP) is a leading environmental risk for respiratory
diseases. We investigated the relationship between respiratory symptoms and polluting …

Using low-cost measurement systems to investigate air quality: A case study in Palapye, Botswana

W Lassman, JR Pierce, EJ Bangs, AP Sullivan, B Ford… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exposure to particulate air pollution is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In
developing countries, the combustion of solid fuels is widely used as a source of energy …

Seasonal concentrations and determinants of indoor particulate matter in a low-income community in Dhaka, Bangladesh

ES Gurley, H Salje, N Homaira, PK Ram, R Haque… - Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Indoor exposure to particulate matter (PM) increases the risk of acute lower respiratory tract
infections, which are the leading cause of death in young children in Bangladesh. Few …