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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Household air pollution is a major avoidable risk factor for cardiorespiratory disease
Chest, Volume 142, No. 5, Year 2012
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Description
Household air pollution (HAP) from biomass fuels, coal, and kerosene burned in open fires, primitive stoves, and lamps causes at least 2 million deaths per year. Many of these deaths occur in children <5 years of age with pneumonia and in women with COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease. HAP is inextricably linked to poverty, with activities to obtain fuel consuming a large proportion of the time and financial resources of poor households. Thus, fewer resources used in this way means less is available for basic needs like food, education, and health care. The burden of work and the exposure to smoke, particularly during cooking, are predominantly borne by women and children. Although historically HAP has not received sufficient attention from the scientific, medical, public health, development, and policy-making communities, the tide has clearly changed with the broad-based support and launch of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in 2010. There is now considerable reason for optimism that this substantial cause of cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality will be addressed comprehensively and definitively. Drawing on our experience from four continents, we provide background information on the problem of HAP, health impacts of HAP, opportunities for research, and the current best solutions. © 2012 American College of Chest Physicians.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mortimer, Kevin J.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Gordon, Stephen B.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Balmes, John R.
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Martin, William J.I.I.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Statistics
Citations: 96
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1378/chest.12-1596
ISSN:
00123692
Research Areas
Cancer
Environmental
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Participants Gender
Female