Holly Pan, Debbie Jarvis, James Potts, Lidia Casas, Dennis Nowak, Joachim Heinrich, Judith Garcia Aymerich, Isabel Urrutia, Jesus Martinez-Moratalla, José-Antonio Gullón, Antonio Pereira-Vega, Chantal Raherison, Sebastien Chanoine, Pascal Demoly, Bénédicte Leynaert, Thorarinn Gislason, Nicole Probst, Michael J Abramson, Rain Jõgi, Dan Norbäck, Torben Sigsgaard, Mario Olivieri, Cecilie Svanes, Elaine Fuertes
BACKGROUND: Gas cooking is an important source of indoor air pollutants, and there is some limited evidence that it might adversely be associated with respiratory health. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the multi-centre international European Community Respiratory Health Survey, we assessed whether adults using gas cookers have increased risk of respiratory symptoms compared to those using electric cookers and tested whether there was effect modification by a priori selected factors...
January 5, 2024: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health