Energy, energy efficiency, and the built environment

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9593, 2007, Pages 1175-1187

  Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^b   Beevers, Sean ^c   Tonne, Cathryn ^c   Oreszczyn, Tadj ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; COOKING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEATING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34648832083     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61255-0     Document Type: Review

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