indoor air pollution (IAP)
Assessment of Health Effects Related to the Use of Biomass Fuel and Indoor Air Pollution in Kapkokwon Sub Location, Bomet Country, Kenya
... Indoor air pollution (IAP) remains a large global health threat. One half of the world population, and up to 95% in poor countries, continues to rely on solid fuels, including biomass fuels (wood, ...
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Housing conditions, knowledge and perceived health effects of indoor air pollution in tribal women of rural Maharashtra
... Background: Dependence on using biomass fuels for cooking and heating leads to Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) which can lead to adverse health outcomes. Aim of this study was to observe the housing and ...
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Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
... The indoor air pollution data described below were collected by a subset of enumerators that underwent additional special training to this ...
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Biomass fuel use and indoor air pollution in homes in Malawi
... 1). Indoor air pollution associated with biomass fuel use is increasingly recognised as a major health concern in the developing world, responsible for an estimated 36% of mortality from respiratory ...
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Effects of indoor air pollution on respiratory symptoms of non-smoking women in Niš, Serbia
... of indoor air pollution can exist in any home, with constant or periodical emission of pol- ...to indoor air pollution are chemicals for intended use or unintentional emissions ...
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Association between Indoor Air Pollution and Cognitive Impairment among Adults in Rural Puducherry, South India.
... outdoor air pollution had significant influence on cognitive functioning of ...of indoor air pollution with cognitive ...between indoor air pollution and cognitive ...
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Use of Ventilation Index in the Development of Exposure Model for Indoor Air Pollution—A Review
... better air quality, improvement of room ventilation has been plasticized to be more convenient and feasible for most of the residential households in the ...degraded indoor air, periodic checkup of ...
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Indoor air pollution and its association with poor lung function, microalbuminuria and variations in blood pressure among kitchen workers in India: a cross-sectional study
... of indoor air pollution [1, ...to indoor and outdoor air pollution sources [6]. Indoor cooking at high temper- atures (>300 °C) in a kitchen can generate different ...
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Indoor air pollution exposure from use of indoor stoves and fireplaces in association with breast cancer: a case-control study
... any indoor stove/fireplace use and wood burning prior to age 20 years, which encompasses age before first birth for ap- proximately 90% of the LIBCSP study population, may be more relevant for future breast cancer ...
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Infant Respiratory Illness and Indoor Air Pollution from a Woodburning Stove
... factors associated with respiratory illness in pre- school children and woodburning stoves including: stove location within the home; type of stove (free standing, fireplace insert, furn[r] ...
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EFFECT OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ON POSTURAL BALANCE CONTROL AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS
... measured air pollutants inside schools of the two selected areas (AlDoha and AlRakah) due to the difference in outdoor traffic ...and indoor sources of PM measured at 39 primary schools in Barcelona during ...
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A Review on the Sources and Impacts of Radon Indoor Air Pollution
... or pollution of water and air quality ...of indoor radon have shown an association with locations that are known to have high volumes and levels of radon activity in the soil ...the indoor ...
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Health Risk Analysis of Indoor Air Pollution
... Formaldehyde is a colorless gas. A pungent odor often indicates its presence at a concentration greater than 0.2 ppm. Formaldehyde is present when vapors off-gas from building materials (e.g., carpets, particleboard, ...
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Car indoor air pollution - analysis of potential sources
... primary driver was the strongest predictor of residual TSP indicators (R(2) = .10 - .16, p = 0.001) [18]. Also, this relationship was neither mediated by ash or burn marks nor moderated by efforts to remove residual TSP ...
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The prediction of chemosensory effects of volatile organic compounds in humans
... compared to appropriate reference’. In other words, BM allows one to assess the integrated exposure by different routes, including ingestion, inhalation, dermal absorption, blood, exhaled air and urine. Biological ...
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An Assessment of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Metal industries of Delhi
... to indoor air ...identify indoor air sources that may be possible ...outdoor air coming indoors or from the heating, cooling or humidity conditions prevalent ...the indoor ...
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Brick Kilns of Nepal: A Non Governmental Organization Perspective
... to air pollutants generated by burning of fuel during the baking process of bricks, the workers and their families are also exposed to the indoor air ...Outdoor air pollution, ...
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Rediscovering the slums: A case study of Indira Camp No 5 in Vikaspuri, West Delhi, India
... and indoor air pollution and overcrowding in housing, are the major determinants of environmental health conditions of the slum dwellers Area with unplanned housing with poor ventilation, congested, ...
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Etiology and clinical profile of COPD in non-smoker in urban area
... The common risk factors for COPD in nonsmokers in our study were indoor air pollution (100%), low socioeconomic status (76.67%), past history of tuberculosis (30%) and occupational exposure (30%). ...
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Pollution Filter
... the air filtration efficiency improvements, pressure drop reduction, cost savings ...the indoor air quality monitoring needs more attention and the air pollution levels of monitored ...
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