Household air pollution, chronic respiratory disease and pneumonia in Malawian adults: A case-control study [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Background: Four million people die each year from diseases caused by exposure to household air pollution. There is an association between exposure to household air pollution and pneumonia in children (half a million attributable deaths a year); however, whether this is true in adults is unknown. We...

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Main Authors: Hannah R. Jary, Stephen Aston, Antonia Ho, Emanuele Giorgi, Newton Kalata, Mulinda Nyirenda, Jane Mallewa, Ingrid Peterson, Stephen B. Gordon, Kevin Mortimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2017-10-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
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Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/2-103/v1