Does household air pollution from cooking fires affect infant neurodevelopment? Developing methods in the NACER pilot study in rural Guatemala

• Main Authors: Dr. Lisa M Thompson, PhD (Author), Guinevere Valencia-Moscoso, MS (Author), Renée Asteria Peñaloza, MPH (Author), Anaité Díaz Artiga, MPH (Author), Eduardo Canúz, BS (Author), Kirk R Smith, PhD (Author), S Katharine Hammond, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Worldwide, 3 billion people are exposed to household air pollution from cooking fires. One of the top two risk factors among neonates, household air pollution greatly affects neonatal morbidity and mortality. In low-resource countries, neurodevelopmental impairments are often not identif...