Health effects of household air pollution related to biomass cook stoves in resource limited countries and its mitigation by improved cookstoves

R Pratiti, D Vadala, Z Kalynych, P Sud - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Household air pollution (HAP) related to cooking is associated with significant
global morbidity and mortality. An estimated three billion people worldwide are exposed to …

Improved cookstoves to reduce household air pollution exposure in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of intervention studies

E Phillip, J Langevin, M Davis, N Kumar, A Walsh… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Household air pollution (HAP), primarily from biomass fuels used for cooking, is associated
with adverse health outcomes and premature mortality. It affects almost half of the world's …

Personal strategies to minimise effects of air pollution on respiratory health: advice for providers, patients and the public

C Carlsten, S Salvi, GWK Wong… - European Respiratory …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
As global awareness of air pollution rises, so does the imperative to provide evidence-based
recommendations for strategies to mitigate its impact. While public policy has a central role …

Design and rationale of the HAPIN study: a multicountry randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of liquefied petroleum gas stove and continuous fuel …

T Clasen, W Checkley, JL Peel… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Globally, nearly 3 billion people rely on solid fuels for cooking and heating, the
vast majority residing in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The resulting household …

Climate solutions double as health interventions

NA Mailloux, CP Henegan, D Lsoto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The climate crisis threatens to exacerbate numerous climate-sensitive health risks, including
heatwave mortality, malnutrition from reduced crop yields, water-and vector-borne infectious …

Household air pollution and COPD: cause and effect or confounding by other aspects of poverty?

K Mortimer, M Montes de Oca, S Salvi… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: Household air pollution (HAP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are both major public health problems, reported to cause around 4 million and 3 …

Smoke and the eyes: A review of the harmful effects of wildfire smoke and air pollution on the ocular surface

S Jaiswal, I Jalbert, K Schmid, N Tein, S Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildfires are occurring worldwide with greater frequency and intensity. Wildfires, as well as
other sources of air pollution including environmental tobacco smoke, household biomass …

Solid fuel use and risks of respiratory diseases. A cohort study of 280,000 Chinese never-smokers

KH Chan, OP Kurmi, DA Bennett, L Yang… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics to prevent or combat air pollution consequences: the gut-lung axis

L Keulers, A Dehghani, L Knippels, J Garssen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution exposure is a public health emergency, which attributes globally to an
estimated seven million deaths on a yearly basis We are all exposed to air pollutants …

Effects of a household air pollution intervention with liquefied petroleum gas on cardiopulmonary outcomes in Peru. A randomized controlled trial

W Checkley, KN Williams, JL Kephart… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Approximately 40% of people worldwide are exposed to household air pollution
(HAP) from the burning of biomass fuels. Previous efforts to document health benefits of HAP …