Open AccessCase Report: A Case of Wood-Smoke–Related Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
Janet Dı́az,
Jonathan L. Koff,
Michael B. Gotway,
Stephen L. Nishimura,
John R. Balmes
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.8489
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulmonary function testing , lung , population , indoor air quality , environmental health , biology , ecology
Biomass serves as a major fuel source for >50% of the world's population. The global burden of disease attributed to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion accounts for approximately 3% of worldwide disability-adjusted life-years lost. This is due to pneumonia in children and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer in women.
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