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 thr...

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Main Authors: Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Mehta, Sumi, Kumar, Priti, Ramaswamy, Padmavathi, Sambandam, Sankar, Kumar, Kannappa Satish, Smith, Kirk R.
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spelling okr-10986-188572021-04-23T14:03:38Z Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India Balakrishnan, Kalpana Mehta, Sumi Kumar, Priti Ramaswamy, Padmavathi Sambandam, Sankar Kumar, Kannappa Satish Smith, Kirk R. 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 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. 2014-06-30T19:43:48Z 2014-06-30T19:43:48Z 2004-06 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18857 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Balakrishnan, Kalpana
Mehta, Sumi
Kumar, Priti
Ramaswamy, Padmavathi
Sambandam, Sankar
Kumar, Kannappa Satish
Smith, Kirk R.
Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
geographic_facet South Asia
India
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper
author Balakrishnan, Kalpana
Mehta, Sumi
Kumar, Priti
Ramaswamy, Padmavathi
Sambandam, Sankar
Kumar, Kannappa Satish
Smith, Kirk R.
author_facet Balakrishnan, Kalpana
Mehta, Sumi
Kumar, Priti
Ramaswamy, Padmavathi
Sambandam, Sankar
Kumar, Kannappa Satish
Smith, Kirk R.
author_sort Balakrishnan, Kalpana
title Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_short Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_full Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_fullStr Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_full_unstemmed Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India : An Exposure Assessment and Modeling Exercise in Rural Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
title_sort indoor air pollution associated with household fuel use in india : an exposure assessment and modeling exercise in rural districts of andhra pradesh, india
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18857
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