Predictors and respiratory depositions of airborne endotoxin in homes using biomass fuels and LPG gas for cooking

• Published in: Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 112 - 117
• Main Authors: Padhi, Bijaya K, Adhikari, Atin, Satapathy, Prakasini, Patra, Alok K, Chandel, Dinesh, Panigrahi, Pinaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.01.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/1785; 692/700/478; 704/172/169/895; Adolescent; Adult; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Airborne microorganisms; Airborne sensing; Alveoli; Animal manures; Animals; Biomass; Biomass burning; Biomass energy; Burning; Carbon; Carbon content; Carbon dioxide; Cooking; Deposition; Dung; Endotoxins; Endotoxins - adverse effects; Endotoxins - analysis; Environmental aspects; Environmental Monitoring; Epidemiology; Female; Fuels; Health aspects; Health promotion; Housing; Humans; Humidity; India; Indoor air pollution; Indoor environments; Infant; Liquefied petroleum gas; LPG; Lungs; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Multivariate analysis; Organic carbon; original-article; Particle Size; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Particulate Matter - analysis; Propane; Public health; Regression Analysis; Regression models; Relative humidity; Respiratory tract; Respiratory Tract Absorption; Respiratory tract diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases - etiology; Seasons; India; LUDEP; particulate matter; respiratory deposition; household air pollution (HAP); endotoxin

Recent studies have highlighted the presence of endotoxin in indoor air and its role in respiratory morbidities. Burning of household fuels including unprocessed wood and dried animal dung could be a major source of endotoxin in homes. We measured endotoxin levels in different size fractions of airb...