Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
Indoor air pollutants associated with combustion of solid fuels in households of developing countries are now recognized as a major source of health risks to the exposed populations. Based on this background, the present study was designed with thr...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/7320012/indoor-air-pollution-associated-household-fuel-use-india-exposure-assessment-modeling-exercise-rural-districts-andhra-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18857 |
| Summary: | Indoor air pollutants associated with
combustion of solid fuels in households of developing
countries are now recognized as a major source of health
risks to the exposed populations. Based on this background,
the present study was designed with three major objectives:
to monitor household pollution concentrations in a
statistically representative rural sample in southern India;
to model household indoor air pollution levels based on
information on household-level parameters collected through
questionnaires, in order to determine how well such survey
information could be used to estimate air pollution levels
without monitoring; and to record time/activity and other
information at the household-level, in order to estimate the
exposures of different household members. This paper
contains the following headings: background, study design
and methodology, results, and conclusions. |
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