Exposure to Household Air Pollution From Biomass Cooking and Severe Pneumonia in Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Household air pollution from biomass cooking is considered an important risk factor for child pneumonia.

Objective

To evaluate the longitudinal association between exposure to particulate matter with a diameter of less than or equal to 2.5 µm (PM2.5) or carbon monoxide (CO) and severe pneumonia in infants.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included infants (aged ≤12 months) whose mothers participated in a 4-country randomized clinical trial. Conducted from May 2018 to September 2021, the trial tested whether an 18-month liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel distribution intervention reduced the incidence of severe pneumonia in offspring during infancy when compared with biomass cooking. The trial was conducted in communities where residen

SUBMITTER: McCracken JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12573034 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature