Assessment of traditional and improved stove use on household air pollution and personal exposures in rural western Kenya

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 99; pp. 185 - 191
• Main Authors: Yip, Fuyuen, Christensen, Bryan, Sircar, Kanta, Naeher, Luke, Bruce, Nigel, Pennise, David, Lozier, Matthew, Pilishvili, Tamara, Loo Farrar, Jennifer, Stanistreet, Debbi, Nyagol, Ronald, Muoki, Justus, de Beer, Lindsey, Sage, Michael, Kapil, Vikas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Carbon monoxide; Carbon Monoxide - analysis; Child, Preschool; Cooking - instrumentation; Cookstove; Cross-Over Studies; Environmental Exposure; Female; Household air pollution; Household Articles - instrumentation; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Kenya; Middle Aged; Particle Size; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; Rural Population; Young Adult; Carbon monoxide; Cookstove; Household air pollution; Particulate matter

Over 40% of the world's population relies on solid fuels for heating and cooking. Use of improved biomass cookstoves (ICS) has the potential to reduce household air pollution (HAP). As part of an evaluation to identify ICS for use in Kenya, we collected indoor air and personal air samples to as...