Upgrading to cleaner household stoves and reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among women in rural china - a cost-benefit analysis

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 489-496

  Aunan, Kristin ^a,b   Alnes, Line W H ^a,b   Berger, Janne ^a   Dong, Zeqin ^c   Ma, Liying ^c   Mestl, Heidi E S ^a   Vennemo, Haakon ^d   Wang, Shuxiao ^e   Zhang, Wei ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Research and Design Institute of Environmental Science in Guizhou   (China)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cost benefit analysis; Household air pollution; Intervention

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; FUELS; HEALTH; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PULMONARY DISEASES; STOVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; INTERVENTION; POLICY INTERVENTION; PROBABILISTIC COSTS; TIME ACTIVITY PATTERNS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCESSIBILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOKING APPLIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INDOOR AIR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 84884817926     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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