Open Fire Ovens and Effects of In-Home Lavash Bread Baking on Carbon Monoxide Exposure and Carboxyhemoglobin Levels Among Women in Rural Armenia

Tadevosyan, Artashes; Mikulski, Marek A; Wallis, Anne Baber; Rubenstein, Linda; Abrahamyan, Satenik; Arestakesyan, Lusine; Hovsepyan, Marina; Reynolds, Steve J; Fuortes, Laurence J

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Open Fire Ovens and Effects of In-Home Lavash Bread Baking on Carbon Monoxide Exposure and Carboxyhemoglobin Levels Among Women in Rural Armenia

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3 2020
By Tadevosyan, Artashes ; Mikulski, Marek A ; Wallis, Anne Baber ; ...

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Indoor Air
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Tadevosyan, Artashes ; Mikulski, Marek A ; Wallis, Anne Baber ; Rubenstein, Linda ; Abrahamyan, Satenik ; Arestakesyan, Lusine ; Hovsepyan, Marina ; Reynolds, Steve J ; Fuortes, Laurence J
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Lavash is a traditional flatbread commonly baked at home by women in Armenia and other Middle Eastern and Caucasus countries. The baking process follows centuries' old recipes and is done primarily in open fire ovens. Data are limited regarding the impact of baking on indoor air quality and health outcomes. This study aimed at assessing the effects of lavash baking on household air pollution and cardiovascular outcomes among women who bake lavash in rural Armenia. A convenience sample of 98 bakers, all women, never-smokers, representing 36 households were enrolled. Carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations and carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels were monitored before, during, and/or after baking. As expected, exposure to concentrations of CO peaking at/or above 35-ppm during baking was more likely to occur in homes with fully enclosed and poorly ventilated baking rooms, compared to those with three or fewer walls and/or one or more windows. Bakers in homes where CO concentrations peaked at/or above 35-ppm were more likely to have an increase in post-baking COHb levels compared to those in homes with lower CO concentrations.
Subjects:

Air Pollution, Indoor Armenia Article Bread Carbon Monoxide Carboxyhemoglobin Cooking Environmental Exposure Female Humans Indoor Air Quality Lavash Open Fire Ovens Rural Population Ventilation
Source:

Indoor Air. 30(2):361-369
Pubmed ID:

31724228
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC9514389
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

U54 OH008085/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R24TW009568./NH/NIH HHSUnited States/
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united States
Volume:

30
Issue:

2
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CDC Public Access
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