Household concentrations and female and child exposures to air pollution in peri-urban sub-Saharan Africa: measurements from the CLEAN-Air(Africa) study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relatively clean cooking fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) emit less fine particulate matter (PM_2·5) and carbon monoxide (CO) than polluting fuels (eg, wood, charcoal). Yet, some clean cooking interventions have not achieved substantial exposure reductions. This study evaluates determinants of between-community variability in exposures to household air pollution (HAP) across sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

In this measurement study, we recruited households cooking primarily with LPG or exclusively with wood or charcoal in peri-urban Cameroon, Ghana, and Kenya from previously surveyed households. In 2019-20, we conducted monitoring of 24 h PM_2·5 and CO kitchen concentrations (n=256) and female cook (n=248) and child (n=124) exposures. PM

SUBMITTER: Shupler M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10864747 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature