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Editorial
. 2019 Mar 22:364:l330.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l330.

Clean household air for the Americas

Agnes Soares da Silva  1 , Kirk R Smith  2
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Editorial

Clean household air for the Americas

Agnes Soares da Silva et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

We should be aiming to eliminate polluting cooking fuels from the PAHO region

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. The authors are responsible for the views expressed, which do not necessarily represent the decisions or policies of PAHO. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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