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Health and Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: The Need for Improved Exposure Assessment
Author(s) -
Maggie L. Clark,
Jennifer L. Peel,
Kalpana Balakrishnan,
Patrick N. Breysse,
Steven N. Chillrud,
Luke P. Naeher,
Charles Rodes,
Alan Vette,
John Balbus
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1206429
Subject(s) - exposure assessment , air pollution , environmental science , environmental health , pollution , environmental planning , resource (disambiguation) , environmental resource management , computer science , medicine , ecology , computer network , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Nearly 3 billion people worldwide rely on solid fuel combustion to meet basic household energy needs. The resulting exposure to air pollution causes an estimated 4.5% of the global burden of disease. Large variability and a lack of resources for research and development have resulted in highly uncertain exposure estimates.

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