Biomass Smoke and Health Risks-The Situation in Developing Countries

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 219-239

  Balakrishnan, Kalpana ^a   Ramaswamy, Padmavathi ^a   Sankar, Sambandam ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass fuels; Developing countries; Indoor air pollution; Rural environments; Wood smoke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988286608     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/b94836     Document Type: Article

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