FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Indoor pollution will continue to be an essential field
for health studies and interventions, because exposure
to varied indoor substances will likely increase in coming
years. Better studies dealing with genetic susceptibility
to indoor pollutants, their carcinogenic effect
and their impact on lung growth, lung development
and, later on, lung aging, are also required. To answer
several of these questions, longitudinal studies are required.
A formal evaluation of improved stove programs
from many viewpoints is also essential to improve
guidance for countries and communities as they
implement their own programs. Although local adaptation
of programs will always be required, improved
biomass stoves will likely be more common, with better
community acceptance, reduced burden on forests,
and increased spare time for homemakers