Gender and health issues in the biomass energy cycle: impediments to sustainable development

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 51-61

  Wickramasinghe, Anoja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SECURITY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS RESOURCES; CONSUMPTION VALUES; DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SECURITIES; HOUSEHOLD SECTORS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 65549162644     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60365-8     Document Type: Article

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