The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) is associated with adverse health outcomes (WHO, 2013). Daily mortality and hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases were shown to increase with PM concentrations and to be more important than hospitalization due to respiratory diseases.

Cooking is a major source of indoor particulate matter (PM), especially ultrafine particles (UFPs). Long-term exposure to fine and ultrafine particles (UFPs) has been associated with adverse human health effects. Toxicological studies have demonstrated that exposure to PM2.5 (particles with aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 μm) may result in increased blood pressure (BP). Some clinical studies have shown that acute exposure to PM2.5 causes changes in systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), depending on the source of particles. Studies assessing the effect of exposure to cooking PM on BP and heart rate (HR) using electric or gas stoves are not well represented in the literature.

Blood pressure and brain wave pattern measurements have also been used as tools to assess the effects of exposure to cooking particles on human organs. However, blood pressure studies associated with exposure to indoor particles during cooking mostly focused on the impacts of biofuel combustion emissions. For example, rural Guatemalan women experienced statistically significant increases in their blood pressure and pulse rate during cooking using an open wood fire. Similarly, associations were observed between exposures to PM2.5 emitted from biomass burning with increases in BP when rural Chinese women were studied.

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