Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India

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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Main Authors:	Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Mehta, Sumi, Kumar, Priti, Ramaswamy, Padmavathi, Sambandam, Sankar, Kumar, Kannappa Satish, Smith, Kirk R.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-06
Subjects:	AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER, AGE GROUP, AIR FLOW, AIR POLLUTANT, AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS, AIR POLLUTION LEVELS, AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION, AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY MONITORING, AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, ALDEHYDES, AMMONIA, APPROACH, AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, ASBESTOS, AVAILABILITY, BENZENE, BIOMASS, BIOMASS COMBUSTION, BIOMASS FUEL, BIOMASS FUELS, BIOMASS SMOKE, BIOMASS STOVES, BIOMASS USING, BURNING BIOMASS, BURNING STOVES, CANCER, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS, CHARCOAL, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE, CLEAN FUEL, CLEAN FUELS, CLEAN WATER, CLEANER FUELS, COAL, COAL COMBUSTION, COMBUSTION CHAMBER, CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS, CONSUMER PRODUCTS, COOKING, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CROP RESIDUES, DISEASE, DOMESTIC ENERGY, ELECTRICITY, ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXERCISES, EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT, EXPOSURE INDICATORS, FINE PARTICLES, FUEL, FUEL SUBSTITUTION, FUEL SWITCHING, FUEL TYPE, FUEL TYPES, FUEL USE, FUELS, GASES, GENERATION, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH RISKS, HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, HOUSEHOLD, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HOUSEHOLD FUELS, HUMAN HEALTH, HYGIENE, INDOOR AIR, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, INTERVENTION, KEROSENE, LEUKEMIA, MEDICAL RESEARCH, METAL, NITROGEN, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, NITROGEN OXIDES, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, OPEN PITS, ORGANIC MATTER, OXYGEN, OZONE, PARTICULATE, PARTICULATE CONCENTRATIONS, PARTICULATE MATTER, PARTICULATES, PESTICIDES, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM GAS, POLLUTANT EMISSIONS, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION EXPOSURE, POLLUTION ISSUES, POLLUTION LEVELS, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POWER, PREMATURE DEATHS, PRIMARY FUEL, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUMPS, QUALITY OF LIFE, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL ENERGY, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SMOKING, SOLID FUELS, SPACE HEATING, SULFUR, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SULFUR OXIDES, SULPHUR DIOXIDE, TOXIC POLLUTANTS, TRADITIONAL BIOMASS, TRADITIONAL FUELS, TRADITIONAL STOVES, TYPE, URBAN AREAS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, USE OF BIOMASS, VENTILATION, VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, WATER POLLUTION, WOOD,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/7320012/indoor-air-pollution-associated-household-fuel-use-india-exposure-assessment-modeling-exercise-rural-districts-andhra-pradesh https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18857
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