While 434 (77. 5 percent) women were from planned residential areas, 107 (19.1 percent) were from the industrial belt of the city, whereas 19 (3.4 percent) were from the commercial belt of the city.
The study was done using a real time portable air sampler that was placed in the living area to study the variation pattern and was placed at least two meters away from doors and walls of the room.
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It found the concentration of PM 2.5 pollutants indoor to be almost six times higher than the WHO standards.
Research scholar Samridhi Dwivedi said the study also found 51.1 percent of women consciously unaware of household air pollution. The study found that the deposition of particles in women was the highest in the head region (61.1 percent) followed by pulmonary (21.1 percent) and tracheobronchial region (17.3 percent).
Among 408 children, who were part of the study, 62 percent complained of a stuffy nose, followed by dry/sore throat reported by 30.6 percent children.
The study found that in most of the cases, these symptoms were more prevalent during October and November, followed by February and April.
Source: IANS
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