Abstract
Household air pollution from burning biomass fuel is increasingly recognised as a major global health concern. Biomass smoke is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Asian and Central American countries, but there are few data from Africa.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 391-398 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Biomass
- Charcoal
- Cooking
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Humans
- Malawi
- Male
- Multivariate Analysis
- Poverty
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Questionnaires
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Risk Factors
- Rural Health
- Smoke
- Spirometry
- Urban Health
- Wood