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Table 4 Distribution of PM2.5 and CO concentration by cooking area location in households in Mugunu slum, Fort Portal City, Uganda

From: Use of biomass fuels predicts indoor particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations; evidence from an informal urban settlement in Fort Portal city, Uganda

 

PM 2.5 (µg/m3)

CO (ppm)

Location of cooking area

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Indoors (n = 60)

162.58 ± 11.79

44.37 ± 4.57

Outdoors (n = 194)

166.66 ± 6.72

39.27 ± 2.49

Separate building outside the house (n = 120)

176.13 ± 9.45

46.86 ± 3.12