ReviewEnvironment international2023
A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution's contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Impact of Ambient Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Diseases in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Global heart · 2026Pooled it
- Gestational Exposure to Particulate Matter and Preeclampsia Risk: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis and Mendelian Randomization Study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Pooled it
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- A systematic review of spatial and temporal epidemiological approaches, focus on lung cancer risk associated with particulate matter.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Age-Period-Cohort Analysis and Projections of Smoking-Attributable Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers Burden: A Comparative Study of China and the World.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
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- Knowledge, Awareness and Practices Related to Indoor Air Quality Among University Students in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Household energy use and health in low-income and middle-income countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2026Review
- Environmental pollutants and the gut microbiota: mechanistic links from exposure to systemic disease.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Intestinal barrier damage is associated with fine particulate matter (PM2.5)-induced pathological aortic injury in mice.PloS one · 2026Article
- How Do Household Energy Transitions Work?Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2025Article
- A systematic review of the pivotal role of environmental toxicant exposure on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
- Mitochondrial Epigenetic Alterations Induced by Biomass Smoke Exposure and Their Role in Age-Related Breast Cancer Risk: A Machine Learning-Based Predictive Study.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India.Environment international · 2025Article
- Air pollution and fertility potential: evidence from employed women in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Impact of residential cooking and heating on temporal changes of black carbon in rural India.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Open Air Quality Data Platforms for Environmental Health Research and Action.Current environmental health reports · 2025Review
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10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Direct exposure to household fine particulate air pollution (HAP) associated with inefficient combustion of fuels (wood, charcoal, coal, crop residues, kerosene, etc.) for cooking, space-heating, and lighting is estimated to result in 2.3 (1.6-3.1) million premature yearly deaths globally. HAP emitted indoors escapes outdoors and is a leading source of outdoor ambient fine particulate air pollution (AAP) in low- and middle-income countries, often being a larger contributor than well-recognized sources including road transport, industry, coal-fired power plants, brick kilns, and construction dust. We review published scientific studies that model the contribution of HAP to AAP at global and major sub-regional scales. We describe strengths and limitations of the current state of knowledge on HAP's contribution to AAP and the related impact on public health and provide recommendations to improve these estimates. We find that HAP is a dominant source of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) globally - regardless of variations in model types, configurations, and emission inventories used - that contributes approximately 20 % of total global PM2.5 exposure. There are large regional variations: in South Asia, HAP contributes ∼ 30 % of ambient PM2.5, while in high-income North America the fraction is ∼ 7 %. The median estimate indicates that the household contribution to ambient air pollution results in a substantial premature mortality burden globally of about 0.77(0.54-1) million excess deaths, in addition to the 2.3 (1.6-3.1) million deaths from direct HAP exposure. Coordinated global action is required to avert this burden.
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