Evaluating the association between household air pollution and oral cancer

A World Health Organisation report in 2004 [1] assessed the disease burden from indoor smoke generated from combustion of household solid fuels. The report estimated that globally about 50% of all households especially rural household (90%) utilize solid fuels for domestic use. The solid fuels commonly used were coal in China and biomass (crop residues, animal dung, and wood) in India and Africa. Most of this household have relatively poor ventilation thus increasing the exposure to the smoke. The report revealed that women and young children due to their household roles were the most exposed, resulting in chronic pulmonary disease in women and the children suffered from acute infections of the lower respiratory tract [1].

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