Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infections in Women and Children in Western Sierra Leone due to Smoke from Wood and Charcoal Stoves

Combustion of biomass fuels (wood and charcoal) for cooking releases smoke that contains health damaging pollutants. Women and children are the most affected. Exposure to biomass smoke is associated with acute respiratory infections (ARI). This study investigated the prevalence of ARI potentially ca...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Eldred Tunde, Nakai, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9062252

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9062252

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