Does Exposure To Household and Ambient Air Pollution Pose a Risk To Cardiovascular Health? - A Cross-Sectional Study in Nepal.

• Main Authors: Om P Kurmi, S Smith, W Cairns, Devereux, Graham S, Sadhra, Steven, Semple, Sean, Steiner, Markus F C, Lam, Kin-Bong Hubert, Padam Simkhada, Jon G Ayres
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7107/1/vol_3_no_2_2013_46.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7107/; http://www.ijphr.ukm.my
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Over half the world’s population is exposed daily to very high levels of household air pollutants arising from burning biomass fuels; however the effects of these pollutants on cardiovascular health have not been fully established. This study aimed to compare the relationship between household indo...