Recent Publications

Outdoor Air Pollution and Health in the Developing Countries of Asia: A Comprehensive Review

International Scientific Oversight Committee (KR Smith with minor role), Outdoor Air Pollution and Health in the Developing Countries of Asia: A Comprehensive Review, Special Report 18, Health Effects Institute, Boston, 2010.
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A Chinese National Improved Stove Program for the 21st Century to Promote Rural Social and Economic Development (in English & Chinese)

Smith KR, Keyun D. A Chinese National Improved Stove Program for the 21st Century to Promote Rural Social and Economic Development, Energy Policy Research #1: 24-25, 2010 (in English and Chinese)
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Wood, the fuel that warms four times

Smith KR, Wood, the fuel that warms four times, Poor People's Energy Outlook, Practical Action, Rugby UK, pp. 38-43, 2010.
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Household Use of Solid Fuels and High Temperature Frying

Smith KR (Chair of Expert Working Group) and many others, Household Use of Solid Fuels and High Temperature Frying, vol 95, IARC monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, 2010.
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What's Cooking?

Smith KR. What's Cooking? A Brief Update. Energy for Sustainable Development. 2010;14(4):251→ Download PDF

Mind the Gap

Peel, JL and Smith, KR. "Mind the Gap." Environmental Health Perspectives. 2010; 118 (12): 1643-1645.→ Download PDF

Personal child and mother carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen levels: Methods and results from a randomized trial of woodfired chimney cookstoves in Guatemala

Smith KR, McCracken JP, Thompson L, Edwards R, Naumoff Shields K, Canuz E, Bruce N, (2010) Personal child and mother carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen levels: Methods and results from a randomized trial of woodfired chimney cookstoves in Guatemala (RESPIRE), J of Expos Sci and Environ Epi 20, 406–416
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The Indian National Initiative for Advanced Biomass Cookstoves: The benefits of clean combustion Energy for Sustainable Development

Venkataraman C,Sagar AD,Habib G,Lam N,Smith KR(2010)The Indian National Initiative for Advanced Biomass Cookstoves: The benefits of clean combustionEnergy for Sustainable Development 14: 63-72,2010. →Download PDF

Tuberculosis and Indoor Biomass and Kerosene Use in Nepal: A Case–Control Study

Pokhrel AK, Bates MN, Verma SC, Joshi HS, Sreeramareddy CT, Smith KR. Tuberculosis and Indoor Biomass and Kerosene Use in Nepal: A Case–Control Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2010 April;118(4):558-564.→ Download PDF

Fine particles and carbon monoxide from wood burning in 17th-19th century Danish kitchens: measurements at two reconstructed farm houses at the Lejre Historical-Archaeological Experimental Center.

Morten RS, Clausen G, Chowdhury Z, Smith KR Fine particles and carbon monoxide from wood burning in 17th-19th century Danish kitchens: measurements at two reconstructed farm houses at the Lejre Historical-Archaeological Experimental Center.Atmospheric Environment Jan 2010.
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Estimating personal PM2.5 exposures using CO measurements in Guatemalan households cooking with wood fuel

Northcross A,Chowdhury Z,McCracken J,Canuz E,Smith KR(2010) Estimating personal PM2.5 exposures using CO measurements in Guatemalan households cooking with wood fuel. J of Environmental Monitoring,12 , 873–878, 2010.
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Combining individual- and group-level exposure information: Child carbon monoxide in the Guatemala woodstove randomized control trial (RESPIRE)

McCracken JP,Schwartz J,Bruce N, Mittleman M, Ryan LM, Smith KR (2009) Combining individual- and group-level exposure information: Child carbon monoxide in the Guatemala woodstove randomized control trial (RESPIRE) Epidemiology20 (1): 127-136, 2009.
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Overview and Implications for Policymakers (includes comparisons of projects across the transport, food, power,and household sectors)

Haines A, McMichael AJ, Smith KR,Roberts I, Woodcock J, Markandya A,Armstrong BG, Campbell-Lendrum DH,Dangour AD, Davies M, Bruce N, Tonne C, Barrett M, Wilkison P (2009) Overview and Implications for Policymakers (includes comparisons of projects across the transport, food, power,and household sectors).the Lancet Nov/Dec 2009 web publication
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Short-lived Greenhouse Pollutants: Climate and Health implications for Sulfate, Ozone, and Black Carbon (including the first published long-term study of the health effects of black carbon)

Smith KR, Jerrett M, Anderson HR,Burnett RT, Stone V, Derwent R, Atkinson RW, Cohen A,Shonkoff SB, Krewski D,Pope CA III,Thun MJ,Thurston G (2009) Short-lived Greenhouse Pollutants: Climate and Health implications for Sulfate, Ozone, and Black Carbon (including the first published long-term study of the health effects of black carbon).the Lancet Nov/Dec 2009 web publication
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Household Energy (case studies of efficiency improvements in the UK building sector and of a hypothetical 150-million-stove program in India)

Wilkinson P, Smith KR, Davies M, Adair H, Armstrong BG, Berrett M, Bruce N, Haines A, Hamilton I, Oreszczyn T, Ridley I, Tonne C, Chalabi Z (2009) Household Energy (case studies of efficiency improvements in the UK building sector and of a hypothetical 150-million-stove program in India).the Lancet Nov/Dec 2009 web publication
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Fuel use and design analysis of improved woodburning cookstoves in the Guatemalan Highlands

Granderson J, Sandhu JS, Vasquez D, Ramirez E, Smith KR (2009) Fuel use and design analysis of improved woodburning cookstoves in the Guatemalan Highlands Biomass and Bioenergy33: 306-315, 2009.
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Tuberculosis and Indoor Biomass and Kerosene Use in Nepal: A Case–Control Study

Pokhrel AK, Bates MN, Verma SC, Joshi HS, Sreeramareddy CT, Smith KR (2010) Tuberculosis and Indoor Biomass and Kerosene Use in Nepal:A Case–Control Study. Environ Health Perspect 118(4): 558-564, 2010.
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Methane controls before risky geoengineering, please.

Smith KR(2009) Methane controls before risky geoengineering, please,. Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Update 2009 New Scientist, 27 June, #2714, pp 24-25, 2009
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Effect of reducing indoor air pollution on women’s respiratory symptoms and lung function: The RESPIRE randomized trial

Smith-Sivertsen T, Diaz E, Pope D, Lie RT, Diaz A, McCracken JP, Bakke P, Arana B, Smith KR, Bruce N (2009) Effect of reducing indoor air pollution on women's respiratory symptoms and lung function: The RESPIRE randomized trial, Guatemala .Am J Epidemiology 170(2): 211-220, 2009.
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An Ultrasound Personal Locator for Time-Activity Assessment.

Piccolo-Allen G, Rogers JV, Edwards R, Clark MC, Allen T, Mercado-Ruiz I, Naumoff Shields K, Canuz E, Smith KR(2009) An Ultrasound Personal Locator for Time-Activity Assessment. Internl J Occup and Environ Health 15 (2): 122-132.An Ultrasound Personal Locator for Time-Activity Assessment.
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