Health and climate benefits of cookstove replacement options

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7530-7542

  Grieshop, Andrew P ^a   Marshall, Julian D ^b   Kandlikar, Milind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Household energy; Intake fraction; Integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS STOVE; BLACK CARBON; CARBON TRADING; CLIMATE IMPACTS; COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE; FUEL PROPERTIES; GASEOUS HYDROCARBON; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INTAKE FRACTION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLEAN ROOMS; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HYDROCARBONS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

STOVES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMBUSTION; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; VENTILATION;

EID: 79957862787     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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