Shivani Sharma|Gulshan Rai Sethi|A Rohtagi|Adarsh Chaudhary|Ravi Shankar|J. S. Bapna|Vikas Joshi|Daniel G. Sapir
Indoor air quality and acute lower respiratory infection in Indian urban slums.
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences
present prospective study conducted two urban slums delhi kusumpur pahari kathputly colony peak winter season november 1994 february 1995 studied 642 infants determine incidence acute lower respiratory infection alri relationship indoor air pollution due fuel used cooking wood kerosene kusumpur pahari 317 children 142 wood 175 kerosene including 64 controls 78 cases alri wood fuel group 81 controls 94 alri cases kerosene group p 005 316 children kathputly colony 174 wood 142 kerosene 33 45 alri cases wood kerosene groups respectively p 005 controls children without alri used controls different groups demographic data risk factors namely nutritional immunization status comparable alri cases controls study areas pneumonia common ailment groups bronchiolitis reported 225 wood group 271 kerosene group kathputly colony versus 137 wood group 121 kerosene group kusumpur colony one case croup reported kusumpur pahari among wood users duration illness longer kusumpur pahari due poor compliance feeding child rearing habits conclusion higher incidence alri reported kerosene users kathputly colony high pollution area however reasons differences observed need elucidation