Biomass Fuel Use and Cardiac Function in Nepali Women

• Main Authors: Jasleen Tiwana (Author), Catherine Benziger (Author), Laura Hooper (Author), Karl Pope (Author), Vijay Alurkar (Author), Ramchandra Kafle (Author), Tula R. Sijali (Author), John R. Balmes (Author), Joel D. Kaufman (Author), Michael N. Bates (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with biomass fuel affects billions of people. We hypothesized that HAP from woodsmoke, compared to other household fuels, was associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, of which there have been few studies. Methods: A cross-sec...