Deepshikha Sharma|Suresh Jain
Impact of intervention of biomass cookstove technologies and kitchen characteristics on indoor air quality and human exposure in rural settings of India
TERI University|Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
study investigates impact increased levels indoor air pollution iap caused due biomass burning rural households northern india comparative assessment impact traditional cookstoves tcs improved cookstoves ics coupled characteristics kitchen conducted estimate pm pm10 pm25 pm1 coco2 concentrations microenvironments kitchen living area households study incorporated extensive intensive realtime indoor air quality iaq monitoring two cooking sessions day pollutant concentrations reported terms 24h well 8h cooking hours including morning evening meal averages influence three types kitchen characteristics ie enclosed semienclosed open also comprehensively analyzed measure impact iaq addition iaq used evaluate particle size distribution psd respiratory tract deposition exposure index assess impact health status exposed group including women involved cooking practices results study highlighted deployment ics would help improving iaq kitchen area resulting reducing concentrations pm10 pm25 pm1 co 2162 2080 2487 1993 respectively also highlighted kitchen characteristics significantly influence accumulation air pollutants demonstrated results iaq worst case enclosed kitchen resulted highest exposure index values multivariate regression models predict pm1 concentration also developed three kitchen categories tcs ics thus current study concludes usage ics coupled efficient designing kitchen improve overall iaq household along immense health benefits overall study emphasized need comprehensive studies fully assess association household air pollution hap health individual rural settings considering toxicity pm