Journal article
Biomass fuel use and the exposure of children to particulate air pollution in southern Nepal
Abstract
The exposure of children to air pollution in low resource settings is believed to be high because of the common use of biomass fuels for cooking. We used microenvironment sampling to estimate the respirable fraction of air pollution (particles with median diameter less than 4 μm) to which 7-9 year old children in southern Nepal were exposed. Sampling was conducted for a total 2649 h in 55 households, 8 schools and 8 outdoor locations of rural …
Authors
Devakumar D; Semple S; Osrin D; Yadav SK; Kurmi OP; Saville NM; Shrestha B; Manandhar DS; Costello A; Ayres JG
Journal
Environment International, Vol. 66, No. 100, pp. 79–87
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.011
ISSN
0160-4120