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Indoor Air Pollution Database in China

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Description
The database contains data abstracted from more than 110 published papers with measurements of air quality in Chinese households, mostly from the Chinese literature previous to 1995. It is organized by pollutant (Particulates, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Benzo[a]pyrene); fuel type (Coal & Mixed, Gas, Biomass); and location (Urban, Rural).

Download Indoor Air Pollution Database
The database can be downloaded in two versions.

1. As a pdf file or on the WHO website page titled Indoor Air Pollution Database for China. This is the full report containing an introduction to the database tables, which describes the history of the database and the selection criteria for papers, as well as drawing conclusions about the overall pattern of indoor air pollution that it reveals in China.

2. As a Zip folder containing just the Excel spreadsheets for the main database tables and an Excel workbook containing the full list of papers, key to the contents of each paper, and footnotes to the database.