Background Previous global burden of disease (GBD) estimates for household air pollution
(HAP) from solid cookfuel use were based on categorical indicators of exposure. Recent …

Background: Approximately 2.8 billion people cook with solid fuels. Research has focused
on the health impacts of indoor exposure to fine particulate pollution. Here, for the 2010 …

Four different methods have been applied to estimate the burden of disease due to indoor
air pollution from household solid fuel use in developing countries (LDCs). The largest …

In studies examining the health effects of household air pollution (HAP), lack of affordable
monitoring devices often precludes collection of actual air pollution data, forcing use of …

Indoor air pollution associated with combustion of solid fuels seems to be a major contributor
to the national burden of disease in India, but relatively few quantitative exposure …

Indoor air pollution resulting from combustion of biomass fuels in rural households of
developing countries is now recognized as a major contributor to the global burden of …

Environmental and occupational risk factors contribute to nearly 40% of the national burden
of disease in India, with air pollution in the indoor and outdoor environment ranking amongst …

Background Despite a substantial reduction in the use of solid fuels worldwide, exposure to
household air pollution (HAP) from use of these fuels for cooking remains a leading risk …

Background Approximately 2· 8 billion people are exposed to household air pollution from
cooking with polluting fuels. Few monitoring studies have systematically measured health …

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 …