Bates MN, Pokhrel AK, Chandyo RK, Valentiner-Branth P, Mathisen M, Basnet S, Strand TA, Burnett RT, Smith KR. Kitchen PM(2.5) concentrations and child acute lower respiratory infection in Bhaktapur, Nepal: The importance of fuel type. Environ Res. 2017 Dec 11;161:546-553. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.056. [Epub
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Air pollutant emissions from Chinese households: A major and underappreciated ambient pollution source
Liu J, Mauzerall DL, Chen Q, Zhang Q, Song Y, Peng W, Klimont Z, Qiu X, Zhang S, Hu M, Smith KR, Zhu T. Air pollutant emissions from Chinese households: A major and underappreciated ambient pollution source. Proc Nat Acad of Sci June 2016 www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1604537113
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Lung function in woodsmoke-exposed Guatemalan children following a chimney stove intervention
Heinzerling AP, Guarnieri MJ, Mann JK, Diaz JV, Thompson LM, Diaz A, Bruce NG, Smith KR, Balmes JR. Lung function in woodsmoke-exposed Guatemalan children following a chimney stove intervention. Thorax Published Online First 10 March 2016 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207783.
Mortimer K. Editorial: Chimney stove intervention - ready for scale up? CON. Thorax Published Online First: 10 March 2016 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208318.
Bush A. Editorial: Chimney stove intervention - ready for scale up? PRO. Thorax Published Online First: 10 March 2016 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208241.
HAPIT, the Household Air Pollution Intervention Tool to evaluate the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of clean cooking interventions.
Pillarisetti, A; Mehta, S; Smith, KR. HAPIT, the Household Air Pollution Intervention Tool, to evaluate the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of clean cooking interventions. Ch 10 in Thomas, E., Ed, Broken Pumps and Promises: Incentivizing Impact in Environmental Health, Springer International Press, 2016, pp. 147-169.
Efficiencies and pollutant emissions from forced-draft biomass-pellet semi-gasifier stoves: Comparison of International and Chinese water boiling test protocols
Chen Y, Shen G, Su Shy, Du W, Huangfu Y, Lio G, Wang X, Xing B, Smith KR, Tao S. Efficiencies and pollutant emissions from forced-draft biomass-pellet semi-gasifier stoves: Comparison of International and Chinese water boiling test protocols. Energy for Sustainable Development 2016 32:22–30.
PM2.5 in household kitchens of Bhaktapur, Nepal, using four different cooking fuels
Pokhrel AK, Bates MN, Acharya, J, Valentiner-Branth P, Chandyo RK, Shrestha PS, Raut AK, Smith KR. PM2.5 in household kitchens of Bhaktapur, Nepal, using four different cooking fuels, Atmospheric Environment 2015 . doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.060
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Quantitative metrics of stove adoption using Stove Use Monitors (SUMs)
Ruiz-Mercado I, Canuz E, Walker JL, Smith KR. (2013). Quantitative metrics of stove adoption using Stove Use Monitors (SUMs). Online / Article In-Press (final version forthcoming). Biomass and Bioenergy (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.07.002→ Download PDF
Improving stove evaluation using survey data: Who received which intervention matters
Mueller V, Pfaff A, Peabody J, Liu Y, Smith KR. Improving stove evaluation using survey data: Who received which intervention matters. Ecological Economics 93:301-312 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.001. → Download PDF.
Pollution: An innovation prize for clean cookstoves
Nature, 497: 317, May 16, 2013 • Ambuj D. Sagar (IIT Delhi) & Kirk R. Smith (UC Berkeley) A radical shift in engine technology in the 1970s (Honda's CVCC) drastically cut motor-vehicle emissions. A comparable game-changer could solve an even bigger pollution problem today.
Household air pollution from the traditional biomass-burning stoves used in many developing countries is the world's largest environmental-health threat, leading to 4 million premature deaths annually (S. S. Lim et al. Lancet 380, 2224–2260; 2012). We propose that a multimillion-dollar innovation prize should be set up, funded by governments or private philanthropy, to rapidly bring cleaner, more efficient and affordable stoves to poor people.
The competition would attract the world's best combustion scientists and engineers, and would help to take the current efforts of non-governmental organizations, small companies and academics to the next level (see S. Anenberg et al. Nature 490, 343; 2012).
The prize would be awarded for a durable, low-emission biomass-combustion unit the 'heart of the hearth' rather than for the stove itself. Stove designs could then be adapted around this to meet local requirements.
Longitudinal Relationship between Personal CO and Personal PM2.5 among Women Cooking with Woodfired Cookstoves in Guatemala
McCracken JP, Schwartz J, Diaz A, Bruce N, Smith KR (2013) Longitudinal Relationship between Personal CO and Personal PM2.5 among Women Cooking with Woodfired Cookstoves in Guatemala. PLoS ONE 8(2): e55670. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055670→ Download PDF.
TURBOCOCINA Field Assessments in Schools: San Lorenzo Guatemala
Northcross AL, Smith KR, Hernandez MT. TURBOCOCINA Field Assessments in Schools: San Lorenzo Guatemala. Household Energy, Health, and Climate Change Research Group. UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Nov 2012.→ Download PDF.
Pollutant Emissions and Energy Efficiency under Controlled Conditions for Household Biomass Cookstoves and Implications for Metrics Useful in Setting International Test Standards
Jetter J, Zhao Y, Smith KR, Khan B, Yelverton T, Decarlo P, Hays MD. Pollutant Emissions and Energy Efficiency under Controlled Conditions for Household Biomass Cookstoves and Implications for Metrics Useful in Setting International Test Standards. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Oct 2;46(19):10827-34. doi: 10.1021/es301693f. Epub 2012 Sep 17.→ Download PDF → Download Supplement PDF
Cooking practices, air quality, and the acceptability of advanced cookstoves in Haryana, India: an exploratory study to inform large-scale interventions
Mukhopadhyay R, Sambandam S, Pillarisetti A, Jack D, Mukhopadhyay K, Balakrishnan K, Vaswani M, Bates MN, Kinney PL, Arora N, & Smith, KR. (2012). Cooking practices, air quality, and the acceptability of advanced cookstoves in Haryana, India: an exploratory study to inform large-scale interventions. Global Health Action, 5. doi:10.3402/gha.v5i0.19016→ Download PDF
Combustion Efficiency and Particle Size: Exposing the large gap in small-particle measurement during improved stove testing
Hill LD. Combustion Efficiency and Particle Size: Exposing the large gap in small-particle measurement during improved stove testing, 2012, Masters Thesis, Yale School of Public Health.→ Download PDF.
Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial
Smith KR, McCracken JP, Weber MW, Hubbard A, Jenny A, Thompson LM, Balmes J, Diaz A, Arana B, Bruce N. Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2011; 378:1717-1726.→ Download PDF
Intervention to Lower Household Wood Smoke Exposure in Guatemala Reduces ST-Segment Depression on Electrocardiograms
McCracken J, Smith KR, Stone P, Díaz A, Arana B, Schwartz J. 2011 "Intervention to Lower Household Wood Smoke Exposure in Guatemala Reduces ST-Segment Depression on Electrocardiograms." Environmental Health Perspectives 119:1562-1568. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002834 → Download PDF
Demonstrating bias and improved inference for stoves’ health benefits
Mueller, V., Pfaff, A., Peabody, J., Liu, Y., Smith, K.R. (2011). Demonstrating bias and improved inference for stoves’ health benefits. Web Published Version. International Journal of Epidemiology.→ Download PDF
Impact of Reduced Maternal Exposures to Woodsmoke from an Introduced Chimney Stove on Newborn Birth Weight in Rural Guatemala
Thompson LM, Bruce N, Eskenazi B, Diaz A, Pope D, Smith KR. 2011. Impact of Reduced Maternal Exposures to Wood Smoke from an Introduced Chimney Stove on Newborn Birth Weight in Rural Guatemala. Environ Health Perspect 119(10): 1489-1494. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002928 → Download PDF
Cooking with Gas
Smith, KR and Dutta, K. "Cooking with Gas" Energy for Sustainable Development. (2011) 15:115–116→ Download PDF
Modeling indoor air pollution from cookstove emissions in developing countries using a Monte Carlo single-box model
Johnson, M., et al., Modeling indoor air pollution from cookstove emissions in developing countries using a Monte Carlo single-box model, Atmospheric Environment (2011), doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.044
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