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ArticleIndoor air2020

Open fire ovens and effects of in-home lavash bread baking on carbon monoxide exposure and carboxyhemoglobin levels among women in rural Armenia.

Artashes Tadevosyan, Marek A Mikulski, Anne Baber Wallis, Linda Rubenstein, Satenik Abrahamyan, Lusine Arestakesyan, Marina Hovsepyan, Steve J Reynolds, Laurence J Fuortes

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Article in Indoor air, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Artashes TadevosyanDepartment of Public Health and Healthcare Organization, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Marek A MikulskiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0551-875X
Anne Baber WallisDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Linda RubensteinDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Satenik AbrahamyanDepartment of Public Health and Healthcare Organization, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Lusine ArestakesyanDepartment of Public Health and Healthcare Organization, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia.
Marina HovsepyanArabkir Joint Medical Center- Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Yerevan, Armenia.
Steve J ReynoldsDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Laurence J FuortesDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Funding

One Health Center for Environmental and Occupational Research - RomaniaR24TW009568 · FIC · BABES BOLYAI UNIVERSITY · PI COMAN, ALEXANDRU · 2012 to 2014
$179k
FIC NIH HHS R24 TW009568NIH HHS R24TW009568.NIOSH CDC HHS U54 OH008085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lavash is a traditional flatbread commonly baked at home by women in Armenia and other Middle Eastern and Caucasus countries. The baking process follows centuries' old recipes and is done primarily in open fire ovens. Data are limited regarding the impact of baking on indoor air quality and health outcomes. This study aimed at assessing the effects of lavash baking on household air pollution and cardiovascular outcomes among women who bake lavash in rural Armenia. A convenience sample of 98 bakers, all women, never-smokers, representing 36 households were enrolled. Carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations and carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels were monitored before, during, and/or after baking. As expected, exposure to concentrations of CO peaking at/or above 35-ppm during baking was more likely to occur in homes with fully enclosed and poorly ventilated baking rooms, compared to those with three or fewer walls and/or one or more windows. Bakers in homes where CO concentrations peaked at/or above 35-ppm were more likely to have an increase in post-baking COHb levels compared to those in homes with lower CO concentrations.

Indexed as

Air Pollution, IndoorArmeniaBreadCarbon MonoxideCarboxyhemoglobinCookingEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansRural PopulationCarbon MonoxideCarboxyhemoglobincarbon monoxidecarboxyhemoglobinindoor air qualitylavashopen fire ovensventilation

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PMID31724228
PMCPMC9514389

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