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. 2011 Jun 20;108(27):11028–11033. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019183108

Table 1.

Cooking area concentrations of PM2.5 and PM2.5–10 (μg/m3) stratified by household and neighborhood fuel use

Biomass fuels Nonbiomass fuels
PM2.5
 Low biomass use community* Number of households 14 21
Geometric mean (95% CI) 31 (25, 38) 27 (24, 31)
 High biomass use community Number of households 42 2
Geometric mean (95% CI) 60 (53, 68) 53 (3, 983)
PM2.5–10
 Low biomass use community Number of households 13 20
Geometric mean (95% CI) 71 (45, 110) 45 (34, 59)
 High biomass use community Number of households 42 2
Geometric mean (95% CI) 128 (116, 142) 80 (37, 175)

*The proportion of households using biomass fuels in the EA is below median of all EAs.

The proportion of households using biomass fuels in the EA is above median of all EAs.