Finding F-0890

“Area measurements of the kitchen and kitchen personal concentrations assessed during cooking events were highest, with respective mean PM2.5 concentrations of 468 and 718 mg/m3.”

Cooking practices, air quality, and the acceptability of advanced cookstoves in Haryana, India: an exploratory study to inform (2012). Global health action. Page 7. CKB 6776

Structure

Source: Biomass fuel
Factor: Particulate matter (PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀)
Population: households cooking at home
Setting: personal exposure of the cook in the kitchen, IN
Study design: exploratory study in 32 households in Haryana, India: cooking practices, 24-hour gravimetric PM2.5 and carbon monoxide measured in the kitchen area, in the living area, on the cook and outdoors, with two advanced cookstoves (Philips and Oorja) deployed and an acceptability survey (class 4)
Effect: mean 718
Sample: 32 households
Flags: unit-suspect
Caveat: printed as mg/m3, which for kitchen PM2.5 has to be μg/m3 - taken as printed and flagged

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