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ArticleJournal of public affairs2021

Household air pollution during COVID-19 pandemic: A concern in India.

Ritu Rani, Perianayagam Arokiasamy, Ankit Sikarwar

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Article in Journal of public affairs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Air Quality, Pollution and Sustainability Trends in South Asia: A Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ritu RaniDepartment of Development Studies International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai Maharashtra India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-3544
Perianayagam ArokiasamyDepartment of Development Studies International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai Maharashtra India.
Ankit SikarwarDepartment of Development Studies International Institute for Population Sciences Mumbai Maharashtra India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9014-5921
International Institute for Population Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Household air pollution is a serious public health concern in India with more than half of the Indian households relying on solid fuel use. The long periods of lockdown related measures to control COVID-19 pandemic in India further aggravated the adverse health effects of household air pollution as millions Indians were exposed to high level of health-damaging air pollutants inside their homes. This commentary discusses the vulnerability of the socioeconomically disadvantaged population forced to stay indoors during the pandemic. Exposure to household air pollution has detrimental effects on health, which might put individuals at higher risk for complications related to COVID-19. A large proportion of socioeconomically disadvantaged section of the population were exposed to critical levels of household air pollution and more vulnerable to severe health effects of COVID-19. There is a pressing need to understand the aggravated health consequences of household air pollution in association with COVID-19.

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PMID34512188
PMCPMC8420276
OpenAlexW3184421238

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