The demographic impact of biomass fuel use

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 40-48

  Bloom, David E ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^b   Yeh, Ethan ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; FUELS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOMASS FUELS; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ENERGY USE PATTERNS; HIGH FERTILITIES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MORTALITY RATE; TRADITIONAL BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 65549102457     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60522-0     Document Type: Article

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