Carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen concentrations from cookstove-related woodsmoke in San Marcos, Peru

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• Personal Author:
  Aguilar-Villalobos M ; Butler CJ ; Commodore AA ; Gil AI ; Hall DB ; Hartinger SM ; Lanata CF ; Mausezahl D ; Naeher LP
• Description:
  Background: Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to biomass-fueled fires. Objective: We compare CO exposures and concentrations among study promoted intervention stove users and control stove users in San Marcos Province, Cajamarca region, Peru. Methods: Passive CO diffusion tubes were deployed over a 48-hour sampling period to measure kitchen CO concentrations and personal mother and child CO exposures in 197 control and 182 intervention households. Results: Geometric means (95% CI) for child, mother, and kitchen measurements were 1.1 (0.9-1.2), 1.4 (1.3-1.6), and 7.3 (6.4-8.3) ppm in control households, and 1.0 (0.9-1.1), 1.4 (1.3-1.6), and 7.3 (6.4-8.2) ppm among intervention households, respectively. Conclusion: With no significant differences between control and intervention CO measurements, results suggest that intervention stove maintenance may be necessary for long-term reductions in CO exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Carbon Monoxide Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Smoke Women Wood

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Author Keywords: Carbon Monoxide Children Cooking-equipment Cookstove Environmental-exposure Exposure-assessment Exposure Assessment Household-workers Household Air Pollution Humans Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Oxides Peru Racial-factors Smoke-control Smoke-inhalation Woodsmoke

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• ISSN:
  1077-3525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  43-54
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044647
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Environ Health 2013 Mar; 19(1):43-54
• Contact Point Address:
  L. P. Naeher, Department of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Room 150, Environmental Health Science Building, Athens, GA 30602-2102, USA
• Email:
  lnaeher@uga.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b016f328b45a68fbc6eb1f53ad2db4aea2b9729d40ae1d71b81e432555fdf83bafb86c35b4f116b786708f77bc4b025b00cb99c4fab509bbf6241d1e0cf926f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200307/cdc_200307_DS1.pdf
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