Effect of Indoor Air Pollution
Ramakrishnan, S.
Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu (641 003), India
E. Parameswari*
Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu (641 003), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Diseases, Human health, Indoor air pollutant, Pollution
Abstract
Indoor Air Pollution awareness is growing in the recent years since human population tend to spend their time mostly indoors and is produced by many indoor activities such as cooking, smoking, etc. In addition many deaths and diseases are caused by them such as cancers, stroke, tumours, anaemia, etc. Some of such critical indoor air pollutants include radon, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, smoke from tobacco. This danger that is prevailing can be overcome by using precautionary methods such as source reduction, public awareness, changes in fuel patterns.
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