Household air pollution as an important factor in the complex relationship between altitude and COPD

Basagaña, Xavier

doi:10.1183/13993003.02454-2018

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“…Nitrogen monoxide (NO) is colorless and slightly soluble in water, present in small quantities in mammals. It contributes to air pollution, destroying the environment and harming human health [1]. Molecular nitrogen (N 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ) can combine to form NO at high temperatures and human activities have greatly increased the presence of this gas in the atmosphere, since it is also produced in automobiles and power plants [2].…”

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Transition metal-decorated germanene for NO, N2 and O2 sensing: A DFT study

Sosa

Santana

Miranda

et al. 2022

Surfaces and Interfaces

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Transition metal-decorated germanene for NO, N2 and O2 sensing: A DFT study

Sosa

Santana

Miranda

et al. 2022

Surfaces and Interfaces

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“…Within this systematic review, evidence synthesis suggests that the use of ICS results in a reduction in risk of LBW, burns, and ALRI among children aged under 5 years in high‐altitude wood cooking settings in Latin America. However, these results could be due to differing situational factors of high altitudes compared to lower altitudes, for example, lower temperatures and reduced ventilation 51 as well as differences in respiratory physiology 52 …”

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Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution from solid biomass fuels and improve maternal and child health outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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Interventions to reduce household air pollution (HAP) are key to reducing associated morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs); especially among pregnant women and young children. This systematic review aims to determine the effectiveness of interventions aimed to reduce HAP exposure associated with domestic solid biomass fuel combustion, compared to usual cooking practices, for improving health outcomes in pregnant women and children under five in LMIC settings. A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken with searches undertaken in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, GIM, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Greenfile in August 2020. Inclusion criteria were experimental, non-experimental, or quasi-experimental studies investigating the impact of interventions to reduce HAP exposure and improve associated health outcomes among pregnant women or children under 5 years. Study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment using the Effective Public Health Practice Project tool were undertaken independently by two reviewers. Seventeen out of 7293 retrieved articles (seven pregnancy, nine child health outcome; 13 studies) met the inclusion criteria. These assessed improved cookstoves (ICS; n = 10 studies), ethanol stoves (n = 1 study), and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG; n = 2 studies) stoves interventions. Meta-analysis showed no significant effect of ICS interventions compared to traditional cooking for risk of preterm birth (n = 2 studies), small for gestational age (n = 2 studies), and incidence of acute respiratory infections (n = 6 studies). Although an observed increase in mean birthweight was observed, this was not statistically significant (n = 4). However, ICS interventions reduced the incidence of childhood burns (n = 3; observations = 41 723; Rate Ratio: 0.66 [95% CI: 0.45-0.96]; I 2 : 46.7%) and risk of low birth weight (LBW; n = 4; observations = 3456; Odds Ratio:Identification Screening Eligibility Included Database sources MEDLINE -4306 EMBASE -4335 CENTRAL -27 WHO-ICTRP -45 GIM = 75 ClincialTrial.Gov-31 ClincialTrial.Gov -31 Greenfile -1547 Excluded -6987 No Access to abstract -3 Excluded Articles -286 Incorrect population ‡-43 Wrong study design -90 Not biomass fuels or intervention -71 Incorrect health outcomes -54 Not LMIC setting -4 Reviews -15 Protocols -6 Ongoing studies -3 Alternative sources † Hanna et al 2016 Wylie 2017 Total results -10367 Full paper review -302 13 studies included for narrative syntheses -reported in 16 articles Pregnancy outcome -6 Child health outcomes -9 Screened by title and abstract -7293 12 studies included for meta-analysis -reported in 15 articles Pregnancy outcomes -5 Child health outcomes -6 § Duplicates removed -3074

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“…The most harmful of these pollutants include CO and particulate matter. Evidence of exposure from cooking indoors with BMF comes from several studies (Smith, 2000;Dasgupta et al, 2004;Polsky and Ly, 2012;Hanna et al, 2016;Basagaña, 2019), which associate exposure to HAP with death from certain diseases. Strong relations exist between HAP and ALRI (Smith et al, 2000;Ezzati and Kammen, 2001), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Bruce et al, 2000), and lung cancer in the case of coal smoke (Smith, 1993;Bruce et al, 2000;Fullerton et al, 2008;Epstein et al, 2013;Amegah et al, 2014;Noub et al, 2015;WHO, 2014;Mock et al, 2017;Balmes, 2019).…”

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“…Statistics show that about 3 billion people in the world depend on BMF for cooking, heating, and lighting (Hanna et al, 2016). Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest reliance on BMF globally (Figure 1), with more than half a billion people relying on BMF for cooking and heating (Johnson et al, 2017;Basagaña, 2019). The use of BMF and the ever-increasing global population and industrialization threaten both indoor and outdoor air quality (Ahmed et al, 2019).…”

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A review on household air pollution and biomass use over Kenya

Shilenje¹,

Maloba²,

Ongoma³

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Household air pollution (HAP) causes multiple noncommunicable diseases, such as pneumonia, stroke, and ischemic heart disease, and is responsible for over 3.8 million deaths globally per year. Kenya has a high rate of HAP, mainly caused by solid fuels. This review assesses its effect and identifies factors that could improve policy in Kenya. A systematic review approach is used, mainly considering 88 research articles on the Web of Science, published from 1951 to 2022. We excluded studies on HAP caused by other forms of fuel, subjective study types, and studies focusing on animals. The results show that rural settings and urban slums have more HAP, ventilation is an important factor, HAP is high in the evening, and children and women health is significantly affected. There is a need for interventions to reduce the use of biomass fuels in Kenya. The interventions include improved access to efficient cookstoves with ventilation, community health awareness about ventilation, housing rules for better ventilation in rural and urban areas, and NGO partnership for improving access to improved cookstoves in rural areas. The government’s role includes subsidizing the supply and cost of renewable energy and adopting energy policies that encourage populations to switch to more efficient cookstoves, cleaner energy, and modern biofuels.

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Household air pollution as an important factor in the complex relationship between altitude and COPD

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Transition metal-decorated germanene for NO, N2 and O2 sensing: A DFT study

Transition metal-decorated germanene for NO, N2 and O2 sensing: A DFT study

Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution from solid biomass fuels and improve maternal and child health outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

A review on household air pollution and biomass use over Kenya

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