Household air pollution: a call for studies into biomarkers of exposure and predictors of respiratory disease

Household Air Pollution Is a Major Avoidable Risk Factor for Cardiorespiratory Disease

(2012) Kevin Mortimer et al.   CHEST

450K Epigenome-Wide Scan Identifies Differential DNA Methylation in Newborns Related to Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy

(2012) Bonnie R. Joubert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Global Air Quality and Health Co-benefits of Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon Emission Controls

(2012) Susan C. Anenberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Ambient air pollution, birth weight and preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2012) David M. Stieb et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Effects on airways of short-term exposure to two kinds of wood smoke in a chamber study of healthy humans

(2012) Leo Stockfelt et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

Main Air Pollutants and Myocardial Infarction

(2012) Hazrije Mustafić et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2012) Stephen S Lim et al.   LANCET

Low demand for nontraditional cookstove technologies

(2012) A. M. Mobarak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Air Filter Intervention Study of Endothelial Function among Healthy Adults in a Woodsmoke-impacted Community

(2011) Ryan W. Allen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Long-term Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Lung Cancer in a Large Cohort of Never-Smokers

(2011) Michelle C. Turner et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Relationship between Biomarkers of Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Biomarkers of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Platelet Activation in Adult Cigarette Smokers

(2011) J. Liu et al.   CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION

Intervention to Lower Household Wood Smoke Exposure in Guatemala Reduces ST-Segment Depression on Electrocardiograms

(2011) John McCracken et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Impaired lung function in individuals chronically exposed to biomass combustion

(2011) Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Exposure to indoor air pollutants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, toluene, benzene) in Mexican indigenous women

(2011) L. G. Pruneda-Álvarez et al.   INDOOR AIR

Non-invasive measurement of carbon monoxide burden in Guatemalan children and adults following wood-fired temazcal (sauna-bath) use

(2011) Nick Lam et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

High levels of 1-hydroxypyrene and hydroxyphenanthrenes in urine of children and adults from Afghanistan

(2011) Hamayon Hemat et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial

(2011) Kirk R Smith et al.   LANCET

Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke

(2011) Linda Dix-Cooper et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Respiratory effects associated with wood fuel use: A cross-sectional biomarker study among adolescents

(2011) Erik Van Miert et al.   PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

A Major Environmental Cause of Death

(2011) W. J. Martin et al.   SCIENCE

Noninvasive Measurement of Carboxyhemoglobin: How Accurate Is Accurate Enough?

(2010) William H. Maisel et al.   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Point-of-care tests for diagnosing infections in the developing world

(2010) R.W. Peeling et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Oxidative Damage to DNA and Lipids as Biomarkers of Exposure to Air Pollution

(2010) Peter Møller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Acute exposure of mice to high-dose ultrafine carbon black decreases susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia

(2010) Ananth Tellabati et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Urinary levoglucosan as a biomarker of wood smoke: Results of human exposure studies

(2009) Megan A Bergauff et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Personal child and mother carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen levels: Methods and results from a randomized trial of woodfired chimney cookstoves in Guatemala (RESPIRE)

(2009) Kirk R Smith et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Fine-Particulate Air Pollution and Life Expectancy in the United States

(2009) C. Arden Pope et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Biomass fuel use and indoor air pollution in homes in Malawi

(2009) D G Fullerton et al.   OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Chronic exposure to outdoor air pollution and lung function in adults

(2009) L J L Forbes et al.   THORAX

Urinary Levoglucosan as a Biomarker of Wood Smoke Exposure: Observations in a Mouse Model and in Children

(2008) Christopher T. Migliaccio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Biological monitoring of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters: A pilot study comparing urinary methoxyphenols with personal exposures to carbon monoxide, particular matter and levoglucosan

(2008) R Neitzel et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Assessing urinary levoglucosan and methoxyphenols as biomarkers for use in woodsmoke exposure studies

(2008) Andrea L. Hinwood et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene and PAH exposure in 4-year-old Spanish children

(2008) C. Freire et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel smoke is a major health concern in the developing world

(2008) Duncan G. Fullerton et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Indoor air pollution in a Mexican indigenous community: Evaluation of risk reduction program using biomarkers of exposure and effect

(2007) Arturo Torres-Dosal et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT