Browsing National Family Health Survey Bulletin by Subject "Tuberculosis - India"

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Cooking with biomass fuels increases the risk of tuberculosis

Mishra, Vinod K.; Retherford, Robert D.; Smith, Kirk R. (Mumbai, India: International Institute for Population Sciences and Honolulu: East-West Center, 1999)

Adults in households that cook with biomass fuels, defined in the NFHS as wood and dung, suffer a significantly higher risk of tuberculosis than adults in households that cook with cleaner fuels. An estimated 51% of the ...