Indoor combustion of solid biomass fuels such as wood and charcoal is common in large
parts of the world and has been demonstrated to lead to high levels of exposure to fine …

Around 2.7 billion people in the world cook with polluting fuels, such as wood, crop residue,
animal dung, charcoal, coal, and kerosene. Household air pollution from cooking with …

Background Consequences of exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from biomass
fuels used for cooking on neonatal deaths and stillbirths is poorly understood. In a large …

The indoor environment can be very polluted with pollution levels indoors higher than those
outdoors, particularly so when there are combustion processes associated with cooking …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), indoor air pollution (IAP) from the use of
solid fuels in households in the developing world is responsible for more than 1.6 million …

Background 3 billion people worldwide rely on polluting fuels and technologies for domestic
cooking and heating. We estimate the global, regional, and national health burden …

The provision of air that is safe to breathe is just as important as safe water or food. Yet many
millions of people, predominantly women and children in the poorest developing countries …

Background Globally, over four million deaths are attributed to exposure to household air
pollution (HAP) annually. Evidence of the association between exposure to HAP and under …

Any alteration in the physical, chemical, and biological attributes of air causing adverse
effects on human and other organisms is termed as air pollution. The substances …

A bstract Solid fuels, an important source of severe Household Air Pollution (HAP) linked to
many adverse health outcomes, has been widely consumed around the world. China …