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Thorax 1999;54:1004?1008
Domestic biomass fuel combustion and chronic bronchitis in two rural Bolivian villages
R Albalak, A R Frisancho, G J Keeler
Thorax: first published as 10.1136/thx.54.11.1004 on 1 November 1999. Downloaded from on January 10, 2022 by guest. Protected by copyright.
Department of International Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA R Albalak
Department of Anthropology A R Frisancho
Department of Environmental and Industrial Health G J Keeler
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Correspondence to: Dr R Albalak.
Received 8 March 1999 Returned to authors 11 May 1999 Revised manuscript received 21 June 1999 Accepted for publication 1 July 1999
Abstract Background--Chronic bronchitis is an important public health problem worldwide. A study was undertaken to examine the association between exposure to air pollution from domestic biomass fuel combustion and chronic bronchitis in two rural Bolivian highland villages: a village in which cooking is done exclusively indoors and a village in which cooking is done primarily outdoors. Apart from this diVerence, the villages were virtually identical in terms of socioeconomic status, climate, altitude, access to health care, and other potential confounders. Methods--Pollution exposure was assessed by combining information on concentrations of particulate matter of ................
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