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| | Archives of Environmental Health: Effects of the home environment on respiratory symptoms of a general population ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Studies of children [5-9] found that the use of gas for cooking or heating was associated with an increased prevalence of cough, wheeze, acute respiratory infections, history of respiratory illness prior to age 2 y, and rate of hospitalization, compared with the use of electric stoves for cooking or heating. |
 | | Fuels that were different from natural gas, e.g., bottled gas, kerosene, coal, or oil, and heating appliances that differed from central heating (i.e., water-heat transfer) were associated with an increased prevalence of chronic cough, phelgm, wheeze, dyspnea, rhinitis, and cardiovascular disturbances. |
 | | The aim of this study was to determine if the fuel for cooking or for heating, and type of heating, are associated with increased prevalence rates of respiratory symptons in a general population sample in an urban-suburban environment. |
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