Indoor air pollution associated with household fuel use in India : an exposure assessment and modeling exercise in rural districts of Andhra Pradesh
Ramaswamy, Padmavathi | Smith, Kirk R. | Balakrishnan, Kalpana | Mehta, Sumi | Kumar, Kannappa Satish | Sambandam, Sankar | Kumar, Priti
Indoor air pollutants associated with combustion of solid fuels in households of developing countries are now recognized as a major source of health risks to the exposed populations. Based on this background, the present study was designed with three major objectives: to monitor household pollution concentrations in a statistically representative rural sample in southern India; to model household indoor air pollution levels based on information on household-level parameters collected through questionnaires, in order to determine how well such survey information could be used to estimate air pollution levels without monitoring; and to record time/activity and other information at the household-level, in order to estimate the exposures of different household members. This paper contains the following headings: background, study design and methodology, results, and conclusions.
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