Indoor Air Pollution and Children's Health: Net Benefits from Stove and Behavioral Interventions in Rural China

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Yu
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Net Benefits

scholarly journals Fuel choice, indoor air pollution and children's health

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Y. Edwards ◽  
Christian Langpap
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gas Stoves

AbstractMuch of the population in developing countries uses firewood for cooking. The resulting indoor air pollution has severe health consequences for children who are close to the fire while their mothers cook. We use survey data from Guatemala to examine the effects of firewood consumption on the health of children up to five years of age. We also investigate the impact of cooking inside the home, the importance of a mother cooking while caring for her children and the role played by the smoke permeability of housing construction materials. We find that children living in households that use more wood, and where exposure to indoor air pollution is higher because the mother cooks while caring for children or because cooking takes place inside, are more likely to have symptoms of respiratory infection. Simulations indicate that policies that target cooking habits in order to directly reduce exposure, particularly by reducing the number of women who simultaneously cook and care for children, may be more effective for improving young children's health than policies to accelerate the adoption of gas stoves.

Influence of bacterial indoor air pollution on children's health

1985 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 388-389
Author(s):  
A. A. Kamaeva ◽  
A. E. Guryeva
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
The Body ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health

Unfavorable environmental conditions can cause a number of nonspecific changes in the body of children that significantly affect health indicators [4].

Lung cancer and indoor air pollution in rural china

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 469 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Kleinerman ◽  
ZY Wang ◽  
JH Lubin ◽  
SZ Zhang ◽  
C Metayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Rural China

Indoor exposure to chemical and biological agents and health efects in primary school children

Open Medicine ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Stosic ◽  
Suzana Milutinovic ◽  
Maja Nikolic ◽  
Dragana Nikic ◽  
Olivera Radulovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Nasal Congestion ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Indoor Exposure

AbstractThe aim of this study has been to estimate effects of indoor air pollutants on children’s health. An anamnestic retrospective study was done on 1074 children aged between 7 and 11 years old who lived in Nis (Serbia). An original questionnaire was used in an interview between training physicians and children’s parents. Interview data were processed by using Microsoft Excel and Epiinfo 6. The investigation determined that children who were more often exposed to combustion by-products had respiratory and nonspecific symptoms. Parental smoking was strongly associated with wheezing, bronchitis, headache and fatigue. There was no association between health and keeping pets, apart from partial nasal congestion. Presence of insects (e.g., cockroaches) and rats in households was a significant risk factor for all symptoms and diseases estimated except for asthma and pneumonia. Homes abundant in textiles were the cause of nasal congestion, wheezing and fatigue in children. Old mattresses were associated with respiratory symptoms, bronchitis, and nonspecific symptoms. It has been concluded that indoor air quality plays a major role in children’s health. Sources of indoor air pollution are present in every home. Being aware of the risks associated with indoor air quality problems, consequently, leads to their mitigation.

Study on the Relationship between Indoor Air Quality and Children's Health in Beijing

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 525-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Cui ◽  
Jing Chao Xie ◽  
Wen Yue Bian ◽  
Hiroshi Yoshino ◽  
U Yanagi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
General Information ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health

Indoor air quality (IAQ) has been concerned since 1970s in some western countries. Many researchers have studied the effects of air pollution on children's health and evidence suggested that it did contribute significantly to the risk of adverse health in children. Children spend the majority of their time indoors, mostly at home. To study health effects of long-term exposure to indoor air, we conducted a questionnaire survey about indoor environment and children's health status in 2012 on the 4-5 grades children of a primary school in Beijing. The questionnaire was used to collect data on general information of children, living environment, residential equipments and lifestyle and children's health status. We classified the investigated families into several categories according to residential surrounding air pollution, decoration and smoking. Then we observed respiratory symptoms like cough, dyspnea with phlegm, nasal obstruction, asthma and some allergy symptoms in different categories. The results of this survey suggest that indoor air quality is associated with children's health. Morbidity of children's respiratory system symptoms and some allergy symptoms is higher in relatively poor indoor environment.

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