Abstract
Children are exposed to outdoors and indoor air pollution. They are more vulnerable than
adults to the effects of exposure to air pollutants made up of harmful chemicals.
Assessing the exposure of children is complex because indoor air pollution is affected
by many factors - types of cooking fuel and cookstoves, indoor ventilation, geographical
and meteorological conditions, and exposure time. The most addressed health outcomes
in literature are respiratory and birth outcomes. However, most of them reported difficulty
in performing a meta-analysis due to the few studies on the personal exposure of
children. The limited effectiveness of specific interventions at the household level points
out the need for integrated and sustained public policies over time, associated with
regulatory measures on pollutants emissions.