Background: Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use for cooking affects 2.5 billion
individuals globally and may contribute substantially to disease burden. However, few …

More than 3 billion people worldwide continue to depend on solid fuels such as wood, dung,
or crop residues for cooking and heating [1]. Use of these fuels in traditional stoves or open …

Background: Exposure to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in simple
stoves is a major health risk. Modeling reliable estimates of solid fuel use is needed for …

Importance When combusted indoors, solid fuels generate a large amount of pollutants such
as fine particulate matter. Objective To assess the associations of solid fuel use for cooking …

Since the earliest human times, humans have used wood as fuel for fires to cook their food.
Indeed, learning to control fire is considered the defining moment between the pre-human …

Background Estimates indicate that household air pollution caused by solid fuel burning
accounted for about 1.03 million premature mortalities in China in 2016. In the country's rural …

Background Given the increasing burden of chronic conditions, multimorbidity is now a
priority for public health systems worldwide. However, the relationship between household …

Rationale: Little evidence from large-scale cohort studies exists about the relationship of
solid fuel use with hospitalization and mortality from major respiratory diseases. Objectives …

This chapter summarizes the methodology used to assess the burden of disease caused by
indoor air pollution from household use of solid fuels. Most research into and control of …

Background—Household air pollution is the third largest risk factor for global disease
burden, but direct links with cardiovascular disease mortality are limited. This study aimed to …