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Improving Indoor Air Quality for Poor Families : A Controlled Experiment in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorDasgupta, Susmita
dc.contributor.authorHuq, Mainul
dc.contributor.authorKhaliquzzaman, M.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, David
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-08T21:43:47Z
dc.date.available2012-06-08T21:43:47Z
dc.date.issued2007-12
dc.description.abstractThe World Health Organization's 2004 Global and Regional Burden of Disease Report estimates that acute respiratory infections from indoor air pollution (pollution from burning wood, animal dung, and other bio-fuels) kill a million children annually in developing countries, inflicting a particularly heavy toll on poor families in South Asia and Africa. This paper reports on an experiment that studied the use of construction materials, space configurations, cooking locations, and household ventilation practices (use of doors and windows) as potentially-important determinants of indoor air pollution. Results from controlled experiments in Bangladesh are analyzed to test whether changes in these determinants can have significant effects on indoor air pollution. Analysis of the data shows, for example, that pollution from the cooking area diffuses into living spaces rapidly and completely. Furthermore, it is important to factor in the interaction between outdoor and indoor air pollution. Among fuels, seasonal conditions seem to affect the relative severity of pollution from wood, dung, and other biomass fuels. However, there is no ambiguity about their collective impact. All are far dirtier than clean fuels. The analysis concludes that if cooking with clean fuels is not possible, then building the kitchen with porous construction material and providing proper ventilation in cooking areas will yield a better indoor health environment.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8822947/improving-indoor-air-quality-poor-families-controlled-experiment-bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4422
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7609
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4422
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAEROSOLS
dc.subjectAIR MONITORING
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectAIR QUALITY
dc.subjectAIR QUALITY MONITORING
dc.subjectAMBIENT AIR
dc.subjectAMBIENT AIR QUALITY
dc.subjectAMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subjectAMBIENT CONDITIONS
dc.subjectANIMAL DUNG
dc.subjectBIO-FUELS
dc.subjectBIOFUELS
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOMASS BURNING
dc.subjectBIOMASS COMBUSTION
dc.subjectBIOMASS FUELS
dc.subjectBUILDING MATERIAL
dc.subjectBUILDING MATERIALS
dc.subjectBULK PURCHASES
dc.subjectCLEAN FUEL
dc.subjectCLEAN FUELS
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOAL COMBUSTION
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION OF BIOMASS
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION PRODUCTS
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectCOOKING
dc.subjectCOW DUNG
dc.subjectDIFFUSION
dc.subjectDUST
dc.subjectEFFICIENT STOVES
dc.subjectENERGY SECTOR
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectFILTERS
dc.subjectFIRES
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL SWITCHING
dc.subjectFUEL TYPE
dc.subjectFUEL USE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD ENERGY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FUEL
dc.subjectINDOOR AIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectKEROSENE
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectPARTICULATE
dc.subjectPARTICULATE MATTER
dc.subjectPARTICULATES
dc.subjectPM
dc.subjectPOLLUTANT
dc.subjectPOLLUTION LEVELS
dc.subjectPOLLUTION MONITORING
dc.subjectPREVAILING WINDS
dc.subjectRICE HUSKS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCATTERING
dc.subjectSMALL PARTICLES
dc.subjectSMOKE
dc.subjectTIN
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectWIND
dc.subjectWOOD
dc.subjectMicrodata Set
dc.titleImproving Indoor Air Quality for Poor Families : A Controlled Experiment in Bangladeshen
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okr.crossref.titleImproving Indoor Air Quality For Poor Families : A Controlled Experiment In Bangladesh
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:13:25.222789Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8822947/improving-indoor-air-quality-poor-families-controlled-experiment-bangladesh
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.guid512361468207267810
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4422
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20071203145318
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum8822947
okr.identifier.reportWPS4422
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.relation.associateddatasethttp://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/396
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/5073
okr.topicEnergy::Renewable Energy
okr.topicAir Quality and Clean Air
okr.topicPollution Management and Control
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Sanitation and Sewerage
okr.topicEnvironment
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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