Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
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In urbanising communities in sub-Saharan Africa, women cooking primarily with charcoal and wood had approximately 50% higher odds of likely depression than those cooking with gas.
What is the best way to help families sustain transition to clean cooking methods? Research in Bangalore, India offers some answers.
Australians choked through a smoke-ridden summer during the bushfire crisis. But many of us are unaware of the silent damage indoor wood fire heaters are doing to our health.
At this time of year there’s nothing better than being warm and cosy in front of a blazing wood fire. But take a moment to walk outside and check your chimney - it could be polluting an entire neigbourhood…
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Professor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
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Director, Plants and Environmental Quality Research Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Air and Noise Pollution, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, Harvard University
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Research associate, University of Cambridge
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Researcher in Law, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Global Public Health, University of Liverpool
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Perinatal Epidemiologist, Kaduna State University
