Environmental Health and Traditional Fuel Use in Guatemala
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Recognition of the problem of indoor air
pollution (IAP) and its deleterious effects of health is
growing worldwide as efforts increase to understand and
articulate the complex health-air pollution linkages. Recent
WHO estimates indicate that indoor smoke for solid fuels
causes 1.6 million deaths annually and accounts for 2.7
percent of the global burden of disease. In Guatemala,
adverse health impacts of IAP disproportionately affect
children in poor, rural households of which 97 percent use
fuelwood as the dominant cooking fuel. Based on data from
two recent household surveys and the results of worldwide
IAP health studies, this book examines the relationship
between fuel use and health in Guatemala. The main purpose
of the book is to draw attention to a major problem by
highlighting the effects of IAP on the health of children in
rural households in Guatemala and to identify appropriate
options to mitigate those effects.
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ACCIDENTS, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, APATHY, BIOMASS, BIOMASS FUEL USE, BUILDING CODES, CARBON, CARBON MONOXIDE, CENTRAL AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICAN, CLEANER FUELS, CO, COAL, COLORS, COMBUSTION, COOKING, COOKING FUELS, ELECTRICITY, EMISSION, EMISSIONS, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EXPENDITURES, FAMILIES, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FUEL, FUEL COMBUSTION, FUEL EFFICIENCY, FUEL SUBSTITUTION, FUEL USE, FUELS, FUELWOOD, GASEOUS FUELS, GASEOUS POLLUTANTS, GIRLS, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEATING, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HOUSEHOLD FUEL, HYDROCARBONS, INCOME, INFANTS, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, INNOVATION, INTERVENTION, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LIVING STANDARDS, LPG, LUNG CANCER, MALNUTRITION, MANURE, MEDIA, MINES, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARTICLES, PARTICULATE MATTER, PETROLEUM GAS, PM10, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, RADIO, RISK FACTORS, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, SAFETY, SMOKE, STOVES, SUSPENDED PARTICLES, THERMAL EFFICIENCY, TOXIC POLLUTANTS, VENTILATION, WASTE, WOOD STOVES, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION