Firewood, smoke and respiratory diseases in developing countries-The neglected role of outdoor cooking.

Smoke from cooking in the kitchen is one of the world's leading causes of premature child death, claiming the lives of 500,000 children under five annually. This study analyses the role of outdoor cooking and the prevalence of respiratory diseases among children under five years by means of probit regressions using information from 41 surveys conducted in 30 developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America. I find that outdoor cooking reduces respiratory diseases among young children aged 0-4 by around 9 percent, an effect that reaches 13 percent among children aged 0-1. The results suggest that simple behavioral interventions, such as promoting outdoor cooking, can have a substantial impact on health hazards.

Abstract licence: CC BY

1. 5.

   Daily average exposures to respirable particulate matter from combustion of biomass fuels in rural households of southern India. · 2002

2. 7.

   The health impacts of exposure to indoor air pollution from solid fuels in developing countries: knowledge, gaps, and data needs. · 2002

3. 21.

   Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use and Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence · 2014

36 more references, whose wording the paper’s licence keeps private.

A person counts once a day per paper. We keep no cookie and no address: a reader is a hash that changes every day. Any month under five reads shows no number.