Pollutant emissions from improved coal- and wood-fuelled cookstoves in rural households

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6590-6598

  Shen, Guofeng ^a,e   Chen, Yuanchen ^a   Xue, Chunyu ^b   Lin, Nan ^a   Huang, Ye ^a   Shen, Huizhong ^a   Wang, Yilong ^a   Li, Tongchao ^a   Zhang, Yanyan ^a   Su, Shu ^a   Huangfu, Yibo ^b   Zhang, Weihao ^b   Chen, Xiaofu ^c   Liu, Guangqing ^b   Liu, Wenxin ^a   Wang, Xilong ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^d   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c China Association of Rural Energy Industry   (China)

^d THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; FUELS; POLLUTION; WOOD;

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; IMPROVED STOVES; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; LABORATORY TEST; POLLUTANT EMISSION; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SOLID FUEL COMBUSTION; WOOD COMBUSTION;

STOVES;

BIOFUEL; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; FUEL; IRON; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; AIR POLLUTANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; COMBUSTION; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COAL GASIFICATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENERGY; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD; KITCHEN; LABORATORY TEST; WOOD; ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COAL; COMBUSTION; FUELS; IMPURITIES;

CHINA; HUBEI;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; COAL; COOKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RURAL POPULATION; WOOD;

EID: 84930655677     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es506343z     Document Type: Article

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