Air pollution from household solid fuel combustion in India: an overview of exposure and health related information to inform health research priorities

• Main Authors: Kalpana Balakrishnan (Author), Padmavathi Ramaswamy (Author), Sankar Sambandam (Author), Gurusamy Thangavel (Author), Santu Ghosh (Author), Priscilla Johnson (Author), Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay (Author), Vidhya Venugopal (Author), Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Environmental and occupational risk factors contribute to nearly 40% of the national burden of disease in India, with air pollution in the indoor and outdoor environment ranking amongst leading risk factors. It is now recognized that the health burden from air pollution exposures that primarily occu...