Exposure to Wood Smoke and Associated Health Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Onyinyechi Bede-Ojimadu; Orish Ebere Orisakwe

doi:10.5334/aogh.2725

Exposure to Wood Smoke and Associated Health Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Annals of Global Health

Volume 86 (2020): Issue 1

By: Onyinyechi Bede-Ojimadu and Orish Ebere Orisakwe

Open Access

|Mar 2020

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