Open AccessUse of Cooking Fuels and Cataract in a Population-Based Study: The India Eye Disease Study
Author(s) -
Thulasiraj Ravilla,
Sanjeev Gupta,
Ravilla D. Ravindran,
Praveen Vashist,
Tiruvengada Krishnan,
Giovanni Maraini,
Usha Chakravarthy,
Astrid Fletcher
Publication year - 2016
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/ehp193
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , socioeconomic status , environmental health , population , anthropometry , demography , pathology , sociology
Biomass cooking fuels are commonly used in Indian households, especially by the poorest socioeconomic groups. Cataract is highly prevalent in India and the major cause of vision loss. The evidence on biomass fuels and cataract is limited.
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