A pilot study characterizing real time exposures to particulate matter and carbon monoxide from cookstove related woodsmoke in rural Peru

Adwoa A. Commodore; Stella M. Hartinger; Claudio F. Lanata; Daniel Mäusezahl; Ana I. Gil; Daniel B. Hall; Manuel Aguilar-Villalobos; Luke P. Naeher

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.06.047

A pilot study characterizing real time exposures to particulate matter and carbon monoxide from cookstove related woodsmoke in rural Peru

Adwoa A. Commodore
, Stella M. Hartinger
, Claudio F. Lanata
, Daniel Mäusezahl
, Ana I. Gil
, Daniel B. Hall
, Manuel Aguilar-Villalobos
, Luke P. Naeher

University of Georgia
Instituto de Investigación Nutricional
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Swiss TPH
University of Basel
Asociacion del Aire Ambiental

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Abstract

Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to unvented cooking fires. We aimed to use PM_2.5 and CO measurements to characterize exposure to cookstove generated woodsmoke in real time among control (n=10) and intervention (n=9) households in San Marcos, Cajamarca Region, Peru. Real time personal particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5μm (PM_2.5), and personal and kitchen carbon monoxide (CO) samples were taken. Control households used a number of stoves including open fire and chimney stoves while intervention households used study-promoted chimney stoves. Measurements were categorized into lunch (9am-1pm) and dinner (3pm-7pm) periods, where applicable, to adjust for a wide range of sampling periods (2.8-13.1h). During the 4-h time periods, mean personal PM_2.5 exposures were correlated with personal CO exposures during lunch (r=0.67 p=0.024 n=11) and dinner (r=0.72 p=0.0011 n=17) in all study households. Personal PM_2.5 exposures and kitchen CO concentrations were also correlated during lunch (r=0.76 p=0.018 n=9) and dinner (r=0.60 p=0.018 n=15). CO may be a useful indicator of PM during 4-h time scales measured in real time, particularly during high woodsmoke exposures, particularly during residential biomass cooking.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	380-384
Number of pages	5
Journal	Atmospheric Environment
Volume	79
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.06.047
State	Published - Nov 2013
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Carbon monoxide
Cookstove
Exposure assessment
Household air pollution
Particulate matter
Peru

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