Public health. A major environmental cause of death
- PMID: 21998373
- PMCID: PMC5101929
- DOI: 10.1126/science.1213088
Public health. A major environmental cause of death
Abstract
Exposure to indoor air pollution from household burning and solid fuels affects nearly half of the world’s population.
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Cultivating a demand for clean cookstoves.Science. 2011 Dec 23;334(6063):1636-7; author reply 1637. doi: 10.1126/science.334.6063.1636-b. Science. 2011. PMID: 22194553 No abstract available.
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The term “indoor air pollution” is being replaced by “household air pollution.” An expert panel of the WHO is expected to make recommendations.
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- World Bank. Household Cookstoves, Environment, Health and Climate Change: A New Look at an Old Problem. World Bank; Washington, DC: 2011. p. 63217. http://climatechange.worldbank.org/climatechange/content/cookstovesreport.
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