Pope, D.; Díaz, E.; Smith-Sivertsen, T.; Lie, R. T.; Bakke, P.; Balmes, J. R.; Smith, K. R.; Bruce, N. G. Exposure to household air pollution from wood combustion and association with respiratory symptoms and lung function in nonsmoking women: results from the RESPIRE trial, Guatemala. Environ Health Perspect 2015;123:285–292.
Does household use of biomass fuel cause lung cancer? A systematic review and evaluation of the evidence for the GBD 2010 study
Bruce N, Dherani M, Liu R, Hosgood D, Sapkota A, Smith KR, Straif K, Lan Q, Pope D. Does household use of biomass fuel cause lung cancer? A systematic review and evaluation of the evidence for the GBD 2010 study, Thorax 2015;0:1-9. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206625
Residential heating with wood and coal: health impacts and policy options in Europe and North America
Chafe Z, Brauer M, Héroux M, Klimont Z, Lanki T, Salonen RO, Smith KR. Residential heating with wood and coal: health impacts and policy options in Europe and North America, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen 2015.
Letter to editor [heart disease and air pollution]
Smith KR, Balmes JR, Guarnieri MJ, Letter to editor [heart disease and air pollution], New Engl J of Med, 372: 289, 2015. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1412846lLeLett
Patterns of Stove Usage after Introduction of an Advanced Cookstove: The Long-Term Application of Household Sensors
Pillarisetti, A.; Vaswani, M.; Jack, D.; Balakrishnan, K.; Bates, M. N.; Arora, N. K.; Smith, K. R. Patterns of Stove Usage after Introduction of an Advanced Cookstove: The Long-Term Application of Household Sensors. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48, 14525–14533.
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Associations of Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function with Measured Carbon Monoxide Concentrations among Nonsmoking Women Exposed to Household Air Pollution: The RESPIRE Trial, Guatemala
Pope D, Diaz E, Smith-Sivertsen T, Lie RT, Bakke P, Balmes JR, Smith KR, Bruce NG. Associations of Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function with Measured Carbon Monoxide Concentrations among Nonsmoking Women Exposed to Household Air Pollution: The RESPIRE Trial, Guatemala. Environmental Health Perspectives 2015;123:285-292. doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1408200
Indoor air quality guidelines: household fuel combustion
Indoor air quality guidelines: household fuel combustion; World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland. 2014.
For more information, visit: http://www.who.int/indoorair/guidelines/hhfc/en/
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Making the clean available: Escaping India’s Chula Trap
Smith KR, Sagar A. Making the clean available: Escaping India’s Chulha Trap, Energy Policy, Volume 75, December 2014, Pages 410-414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.024.
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IPCC 2014 WGII Chapter 11 – Human health: impacts, adaptation, and co-benefits.
Smith, K.R., A. Woodward, D. Campbell-Lendrum, D.D. Chadee, Y. Honda, Q. Liu, J.M. Olwoch, B. Revich, and R. Sauerborn, 2014: Human health: impacts, adaptation, and co-benefits. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 709-754.
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Health risks of climate change: act now or pay later
Haines A, Ebi KL, Smith KR, Woodward A. Health risks of climate change: act now or pay later. Lancet 9948: 1073-1075. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61659-7
Household Cooking with Solid Fuels Contributes to Ambient PM2.5 Air Pollution and the Burden of Disease
Chafe ZA, Brauer M, Klimont Z, Van Dingenen R, Mehta S, Rao S, Riahi K, Dentener F, Smith KR. 2014. Household cooking with solid fuels contributes to ambient PM2.5 air pollution and the burden of disease. Environ Health Perspect 122:1314–1320; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206340
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In Praise of Power
Smith KR. In Praise of Power. Science 345 (6197), 603, doi:10.1126/science.1259026, 8 August 2014.
Human urinary mutagenicity after wood smoke exposure during traditional temazcal use.
Long AS, Lemieux CL, Yousefi P, Ruiz-Mercado I, Lam NL, Orellana CR, White PA, Smith KR, Holland N. Human urinary mutagenicity after wood smoke exposure during traditional temazcal use. Advance Access. Mutagenesis. dii:10.1093/mutage/geu025
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Nature Correspondance | Cookstoves: Clean up fuel on two fronts
Smith KR. Cookstoves: Clean up fuel on two fronts. Correspondance. Nature 511, 7507 (2014). doi:10.1038/511031c
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Air Pollution and Health in Ulaanbaatar
Ochir C, Smith KR, Hill LD, et al. Air Pollution and Health in Ulaanbaatar. Final Project Report prepared for the Ministry of the Environment and Green Development Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. June 2014. Download PDF
The Petroleum Product That Can Save Millions Of Lives Each Year
Forbes, May 27, 2014 • Guest op-ed written by Kirk R. Smith The fracking furor over shale gas is the latest in a series of environmental debates that have bedeviled the oil and gas industry in spite of what might be considered an enviable record compared to related industries, coal for example. From off shore spills to the Keystone Pipeline, the industry probably feels a bit set upon at times. Similarly, its products are often the focus of environmental concern and consequent strict regulation, for example diesel air pollution. Finally, it often bears the brunt of concerns about carbon dioxide emissions leading to climate change risks.
The industry might keep in mind, however, that one of its products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG bottled gas containing propane and butane), is actually the most effective solution available for the largest environmental health risk in the world: cooking with solid fuels. Read more at Forbes.com
Field calibrations of a low-cost aerosol sensor at a regulatory monitoring site in California
Holstius DM, Pillarisetti A, Smith KR, Seto E. Field calibrations of a low-cost aerosol sensor at a regulatory monitoring site in California, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 1121-1131, doi:10.5194/amt-7-1121-2014, 2014. → Download PDF → Download Supplementary Material [PDF]
IPCC, 2014: Summary for policymakers.
IPCC, 2014: Summary for policymakers. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-32.
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Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report
Woodward A, Smith KR, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chadee DD, Honda Y, Liu Q, Olwach J, Revich B, Sauerborn R, Chafe Z, Confalonieri U, Haines A. Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report, The Lancet, Available online 2 April 2014. ISSN 0140-6736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60576-6. → Download PDF. → Download Supplemental Material.
Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits. Chapter 11 in Climate Change 2014.
Smith KR, Woodward A, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chadee D, Honda Y, Liu Q, Olwoch J, Revich B, Sauerborn R, Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-benefits. Ch 11 in Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Vol I: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V. Barros, D.J.Dokken, et al. (eds.)]. Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge, UK and NYC, 2014 Version undergoing copy-editing; final version forthcoming (April 2014)