Occupational exposure to indoor air pollution among bakery workers in Ethiopia; A comparison of electric and biomass cookstoves

GS Downward, HP van der Zwaag, L Simons… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The indoor air pollution (IAP) produced by the domestic combustion of solid fuels is
responsible for up to 4 million deaths annually, especially among low and middle income …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of personal exposure to black carbon among women in southern semi-rural Mozambique

A Curto, D Donaire-Gonzalez, MN Manaca… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of people using unclean fuels
for household energy, which can result in products of incomplete combustion that are …

Air pollution-related health and climate benefits of clean cookstove programs in Mozambique

SC Anenberg, DK Henze, F Lacey, A Irfan… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Approximately 95% of households in Mozambique burn solid fuels for cooking, contributing
to elevated indoor and outdoor fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) concentrations and …

Dung biomass smoke exposure impairs resolution of inflammatory responses to influenza infection

CE McCarthy, PF Duffney, A Nogales, CM Post… - Toxicology and applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies associate biomass smoke with an increased risk for respiratory
infections in children and adults in the developing world, with 500,000 premature deaths …

A descriptive assessment of household air pollution in rural kitchens in Kenya

D Musyoka, K Muindi - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Efforts to ensure households transition to modern fuels are expected to reduce household
air pollution. However, exposure to toxic particles and gases in fuel stacking households …

Outdoor, indoor, and personal black carbon exposure from cookstoves burning solid fuels

GS Downward, W Hu, N Rothman, B Reiss, G Wu… - Indoor …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon (BC) emissions from solid fuel combustion are associated with increased
morbidity and mortality and are important drivers of climate change. We studied BC …

[HTML][HTML] Repeated assessment of PM2. 5 in Guatemalan kitchens cooking with wood: Implications for measurement strategies

A Pillarisetti, LWH Alnes, W Ye, JP McCracken… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Household air pollution resulting from solid fuel combustion is a leading cause of global
morbidity and mortality. Strategies to measure area concentrations of and exposures to PM …

HAPIT, the household air pollution intervention tool, to evaluate the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of clean cooking interventions

A Pillarisetti, S Mehta, KR Smith - Broken Pumps and Promises …, 2016 - Springer
There is a growing focus on interventions seeking to reduce the burden of disease
associated with household air pollution. HAPIT provides policy-makers and program …

Exploring smoke: an ethnographic study of air pollution in rural Malawi

S Saleh, H Sambakunsi, K Mortimer, B Morton… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Air pollution adversely affects human health, and the climate crisis intensifies the global
imperative for action. Low-/middle-income countries (LMIC) suffer particularly high …

Pregnant women's exposure to household air pollution in rural Bangladesh: a feasibility study for Poriborton: the CHANge trial

J Thornburg, S Islam, SM Billah, B Chan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking is a strategy to reduce household air
pollution (HAP) exposure and improve health. We conducted this feasibility study to evaluate …