Revista de Medicina Respiratória

Abstrato

Yield results of reduction in respiratory morbidity

Wedzicha S

Indoor air quality is a factor that has been strongly linked to chronic respiratory morbidities. There were study evidences implicating kerosene fuel, smoke from biomass fuels associated with bronchitis and asthma. The current study found that the use of kerosene fuel and chulha as significant determinant in bivariate analysis for bronchitis, chronic morbidity of any type and peak flow obstruction and also in the final model of chronic airway limitation.