Firewood, smoke and respiratory diseases in developing countries-The neglected role of outdoor cooking

Smoke from cooking in the kitchen is one of the world's leading causes of premature child death, claiming the lives of 500,000 children under five annually. This study analyses the role of outdoor cooking and the prevalence of respiratory diseases among children under five years by means of pro...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-06, Vol.12 (6), p.e0178631-e0178631
Main Author: Langbein, Jörg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Biology and Life Sciences
Child, Preschool
Children
Claiming
Cooking
Cooking - methods
Developing Countries
Diseases
Earth Sciences
Engineering and Technology
Fuelwood
Health aspects
Health hazards
Health risks
Heating
Households
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influence
LDCs
Medicine and Health Sciences
Outdoor
Outdoor air quality
Outdoor cooking
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Regression analysis
Respiration Disorders - etiology
Respiratory diseases
Respiratory tract diseases
Risk factors
Smoke
Studies
Wood
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Summary:Smoke from cooking in the kitchen is one of the world's leading causes of premature child death, claiming the lives of 500,000 children under five annually. This study analyses the role of outdoor cooking and the prevalence of respiratory diseases among children under five years by means of probit regressions using information from 41 surveys conducted in 30 developing countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America. I find that outdoor cooking reduces respiratory diseases among young children aged 0-4 by around 9 percent, an effect that reaches 13 percent among children aged 0-1. The results suggest that simple behavioral interventions, such as promoting outdoor cooking, can have a substantial impact on health hazards.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0178631