Household and community poverty, biomass use, and air pollution in Accra, Ghana

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 11028-11033

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Dionisio, Kathie L ^a   Arku, Raphael E ^a   Quaye, Audrey ^b   Hughes, Allison F ^b   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Spengler, John D ^a   Hill, Allan ^a   Agyei Mensah, Samuel ^b   Ezzati, Majid ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Global health; Household energy; Sustainable development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY; COOKING; ENERGY; GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARTICULATE MATTER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GHANA; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 79960612096     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019183108     Document Type: Article

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