Assessment of traditional and improved stove use on household air pollution and personal exposures in rural western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over 40% of the world's population relies on solid fuels for heating and cooking. Use of improved biomass cookstoves (ICS) has the potential to reduce household air pollution (HAP).

Objectives

As part of an evaluation to identify ICS for use in Kenya, we collected indoor air and personal air samples to assess differences between traditional cookstoves (TCS) and ICS.

Methods

We conducted a cross-over study in 2012 in two Kenyan villages; up to six different ICS were installed in 45 households during six two-week periods. Forty-eight hour kitchen measurements of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and carbon monoxide (CO) were collected for the TCS and ICS. Concurrent personal CO measurements were conducted on the mother and one child in each household

SUBMITTER: Yip F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5538771 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature