Indoor Air Pollution Due Domestic Cooking Fuels in Madurai

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
T. Sivaruban ◽  
S. Barathy
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Cooking Fuels

Effect of Indoor Air Pollution on Acute Respiratory Infection among Children in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumar Ashwani ◽  
Paul Kalosona
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Respiratory Infection ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infection ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Solid Fuels ◽  
Cooking Fuels ◽  
Clinical Measures

Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) has become a major concern in India in recent years because women and young children are highly exposed to smoke of various types of unclean fuels used for cooking and heating in the household result into risk of respiratory disorders among them. The paper aims to seek association between prevalence of acute respiratory infection (ARI) among children less than five years of age and use of cooking fuels in households of India. The analysis is based on 52,868 Children less than five years of age included in India's third National Family Health Survey conducted in 2005-2006. Effects of exposure to cooking smoke, determined by the type of fuel used for cooking such as biomass and solid fuels versus cleaner fuels, on the reported prevalence of ARI were estimated using multivariate logistic regression. Since the effects of cooking smoke are likely to be confounded with effects of tobacco smoking, age, and other such factors, the analysis was carried out after statistically controlling for such factors. The results indicate that Children under five years of age living in households using biomass and solid fuels have a significantly higher risk of ARI than those living in households using cleaner fuels (OR: 1.54; 95%CI: 1.38-1.72; p = .010). The findings have important program and policy implications for countries such as India, where large proportions of the population still rely on polluting biomass fuels for cooking and heating. Decreasing household biomass and solid fuel use and increasing use of improved stove technology may decrease the health effects of indoor air pollution. More epidemiological research with better measures of smoke exposure and clinical measures of ARI is needed to validate the findings.

Indoor Air Pollution in Coastal Houses Using Solid Cooking Fuels: a Pilot Study in Mindanao, the Philippines

Epidemiology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. S361
Author(s):  
S Saksena ◽  
R Subida ◽  
L Buttner ◽  
L Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Cooking Fuels

scholarly journals Perceived Health Risks of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Cooking Fuels in Sindh, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2833-2844
Author(s):  
Sohail Rajper ◽  
Adnan Nazir ◽  
Sana Ullah ◽  
Zhongqiu Li
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Cooking Fuels

Indoor Air Pollution in Rural China: Cooking Fuels, Stoves, and Health Status

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Peabody ◽  
Travis J. Riddell ◽  
Kirk R. Smith ◽  
Yaping Liu ◽  
Yanyun Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Cooking Fuels

COOKING FUELS AND INDOOR AIR POLLUTION (IAP)

Epidemiology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. S15
Author(s):  
Mukesh Dherani ◽  
Astrid Fletcher ◽  
Uma R ◽  
Kirk Smith
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Cooking Fuels

AWARENESS ABOUT INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN GENERAL POPULATION OF RAWALPINDI AND ISLAMABAD

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
Nadia Tariq ◽  
Tamkeen Jaffry ◽  
Rahma Fiaz ◽  
Abdul Majid Rajput ◽  
Sadaf Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
General Population ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Indoor Air Pollution ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: Indoor air pollutants are increasingly being associated with respiratory illnesses leading to high degree of morbidity and mortality. There are not sufficient epidemiological studies from Pakistan which assess level of awareness of indoor air pollution resulting in respiratory diseases in population. Methods: This cross sectional survey was carried out on general population of Rawalpindi/Islamabad. Sample size was 223 study subjects selected by non-probability convenient sampling. Knowledge of the study subjects was determined with regard to indoor air pollution, its effects on health and different sources of indoor air pollution with the help of a questionnaire. The influence of age, gender, educational status and socio economic status on the level of awareness was also analyzed. Results: Out of total 223 participants, 115 were males and108 females. Participants aware of indoor air pollution were 91.5% and adequate awareness about its sources was 80.7%. Those who knew indoor air pollution is detrimental to health were 95.1%. Awareness about building construction dust as source of indoor air pollution was maximum (84.8%). There was significant difference in awareness among participants with different monthly incomes and educational status and also between males and females. Conclusion: This study concludes that general population of Rawalpindi/Islamabad has fairly good awareness about sources of indoor air pollution. Use of harmful material causing indoor air pollution should be limited or substituted with better ones where possible.

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