Household Air Pollution from Coal and Biomass Fuels in China: Measurements, Health Impacts, and Interventions | Zendy

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Household Air Pollution from Coal and Biomass Fuels in China: Measurements, Health Impacts, and Interventions

Author(s) -

Junfeng Zhang,

Kirk R. Smith

Publication year - 2007

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.9479

Subject(s) - environmental health , indoor air quality , environmental science , air pollution , solid fuel , coal , air quality index , stove , particulates , environmental protection , waste management , medicine , environmental engineering , engineering , geography , combustion , meteorology , chemistry , organic chemistry

Nearly all China's rural residents and a shrinking fraction of urban residents use solid fuels (biomass and coal) for household cooking and/or heating. Consequently, global meta-analyses of epidemiologic studies indicate that indoor air pollution from solid fuel use in China is responsible for approximately 420,000 premature deaths annually, more than the approximately 300,000 attributed to urban outdoor air pollution in the country. Our objective in this review was to help elucidate the extent of this indoor air pollution health hazard.

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