Cheaper fuel and higher health costs among the poor in rural Nepal

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-283

  Pant, Krishna Prasad ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Asthma; Costs of illness; Dung briquette; Eye disease; Indoor air pollution; Nepal; Probit

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; BIOMASS BURNING; BIOMASS POWER; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EYE DISEASE; FUELWOOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDOOR AIR; PERCEPTION; PRIVATE LAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

NEPAL;

BIOFUEL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ECONOMICS; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NEPAL; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BIOFUELS; EYE DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPAL; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84863099064     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0189-6     Document Type: Article

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