Geographic and socio-economic variation in markers of indoor air pollution in Nepal: evidence from nationally-representative data

• Main Authors: Saruna Ghimire (Author), Shiva Raj Mishra (Author), Abhishek Sharma (Author), Adugna Siweya (Author), Nipun Shrestha (Author), Bipin Adhikari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In low-income countries such as Nepal, indoor air pollution (IAP), generated by the indoor burning of biomass fuels, is the top-fourth risk factor driving overall morbidity and mortality. We present the first assessment of geographic and socio-economic determinants of the markers...