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Assessing the cooking oil fume exposure impacts on Chinese women health: an influential mechanism analysis

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Oil fume is always considered as a major source of indoor air pollution. This article aims to examine the effects of cooking oil fume as environmental pollution on the health of Chinese women by using the data obtained from China Labor force Dynamic Survey (CLDS). In order to estimate the effect of environmental pollution on the human health, we utilize probit model approach and baseline regression method. The results showed that oil fume has a significant negative impact on the health indicators of “physical pain, health impact on work and injury.” By conducting endogeneity analysis, our results show the robustness and indicate that oil fume has a robust effect on the women health. Heterogeneity analysis show that heavier oil fume has a negative impact on the subjective health of middle-aged and young women, while it has  a significant negative impact on the objective health of middle-aged women. Analysis of the impact mechanism reveal that heavier oil fumes will reduce women’s sleep quality and will lead to the poorer health. Based on our study findings, this study proposes policy recommendations from the perspectives of the use of smoke extraction equipment, cooking methods, and sleep quality to reduce the negative impact of cooking fumes on women’s health.

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Funding

This research is funded by General Project of Education and Science Shaanxi Province- 13th Five-Year Plan Grant No. SGH20Y1034; The 68th China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant No. 2020M683574; The Doctoral Research Start-up Fund-Northwest A&F University Grant No. 2452020015; National Natural Science Foundation China Grant No. 71704144.

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  1. College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Kewen Yang

  2. School of Economics and Management, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Shah Fahad

  3. School of Public Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Huan He

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All authors made significant contributions to the study conception and design. Data collection and methodology were performed by K.Y and S.F. H.H did formal analysis and software. K.Y wrote the original draft. Review and editing were performed by S.F.

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Yang, K., Fahad, S. & He, H. Assessing the cooking oil fume exposure impacts on Chinese women health: an influential mechanism analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 53860–53872 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19368-8

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