Who adopts improved fuels and cookstoves? A systematic review

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-645

  Lewis, Jessica J ^a   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption regressions; Fuel choice; Fuel switching; Improved cookstove; Indoor air pollution; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CHARCOAL; COAL; FUEL; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

AFRICA; ASIA; COOKING; COOKSTOVE; DATA EXTRACTION; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84861022045     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104194     Document Type: Review

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