Browsing by Subject "Energy-Generating Resources"

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Adherence to reduced-polluting biomass fuel stoves improves respiratory and sleep symptoms in children

Accinelli Tanaka, Roberto Alfonso; Llanos, Oscar; Lopez Oropeza, Lidia Marianella; Pino, Maria I.; Bravo, Yeny A.; Salinas, Veronica; Lazo Porras, María de los Ángeles; Noda, Julio R.; Sanchez-Sierra, Marita; Zarate, Lacey; da Silva, Joao; Gianella, Fabiola; Kheirandish-Gozal, Leila; Gozal, David (BioMed Central, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Symptoms of sleep apnea are markedly increased in children exposed to smoke from biomass fuels and are reduced by kitchen stoves that improve indoor biomass pollution. However, the impact of adherence to the ...
Low correlation between household carbon monoxide and particulate matter concentrations from biomass-related pollution in three resource-poor settings

Klasen, Elizabeth M.; Wills, Beatriz; Naithani, Neha; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Tielsch, James M.; Chiang, Marilu; Khatry, Subarna; Breysse, Patrick N.; Menya, Diana; Apaka, Cosmas; Carter, E. Jane; Sherman, Charles B.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Checkley, William (Elsevier, 2015)

Household air pollution from the burning of biomass fuels is recognized as the third greatest contributor to the global burden of disease. Incomplete combustion of biomass fuels releases a complex mixture of carbon monoxide ...

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