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Awareness of the health implications of use of biomass energy sources among women in rural households of Jigawa State, Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
Volume 51 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)
By: Martins Olusegun Orifah,  Messiah Chijioke Ijeoma,  Alfred Ehizua Ehien,  Ado Nasiru and  Olushola Samuel Fadairo  
Open Access
|Aug 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2018-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1801-0571 | Journal ISSN: 0231-5742
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Language: English
Page range: 93 - 101
Submitted on: Jan 5, 2018
Accepted on: Jul 26, 2018
Published on: Aug 9, 2018
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Biomass energy sources,
indoor air pollution,
health implications,
non-solid fuel
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science

© 2018 Martins Olusegun Orifah, Messiah Chijioke Ijeoma, Alfred Ehizua Ehien, Ado Nasiru, Olushola Samuel Fadairo, published by Mendel University in Brno
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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