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  1. 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
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  2. Kerosene: A Review of Household Uses and their Hazards in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Lam NL, Smith KR, Gauthier A, Bates MN. Kerosene: A Review of Household Uses and their Hazards in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews, 15:6, 396-432 (2012).
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  3. Demographic change and carbon dioxide emissions

    O’Neill BC, Liddle B, Jiang L, Smith KR, Pachauri S, Dalton M, Fuchs R. Demographic change and carbon dioxide emissions. The Lancet, Available online 9 July 2012, ISSN 0140-6736, 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60958-1.
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  4. A Short History of Woodsmoke and Implications for Chile

    Smith KR, Pillarisetti A. A Short History of Woodsmoke and Implications for Chile. Estudios Públicos, 126 (otoño 2012): 163-179.
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  5. Personal PM2.5 and indoor CO in nomadic tents using open and chimney biomass stoves on the Tibetan Plateau

    Li C, Kang S, Chen P, Zhang Q, Guo J, Mi J, Basang P, Luosang Q, Smith KR, Personal PM2.5 and indoor CO in nomadic tents using open and chimney biomass stoves on the Tibetan Plateau, Atmos Environ. 59: 207-213.
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  6. Biomass fuel and risk of tuberculosis: a case control study from Northern India

    P V M Lakshmi, Navkiran Kaur Virdi, J S Thakur, Kirk R Smith, Michael N Bates, Rajesh Kumar. Biomass fuel and risk of tuberculosis: a case–control study from Northern India. J Epidemiol Community Health 2012;66:5 457-461 Published Online First: 30 November 2010 doi:10.1136/jech.2010.115840
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  7. Dr. Smith’s 2012 Tyler Prize Laureate Video

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  8. An energy vision: the transformation towards sustainability — interconnected challenges and solutions

    van Vuuren, D., Nakicenovic, N., Riahi, K., Brew-Hammond, A., Kammen, D., Modi, V., Nilsson, M., Smith, K., 2012. An energy vision: the transformation towards sustainability—interconnected challenges and solutions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4, 18–34.
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  9. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health.

    Pinkerton, K.E., Rom, W.N., Akpinar-Elci, M., Balmes, J.R., Bayram, H., Brandli, O., Hollingsworth, J.W., Kinney, P.L., Margolis, H.G., Martin, W.J., Sasser, E.N., Smith, K.R., Takaro, T.K., on behalf of the American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee, 2012. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Climate Change and Human Health. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 9, 3–8.
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  10. Unintended Benefits: Leadership Skills and Behavioral Change among Guatemalan Fieldworkers Employed in a Longitudinal Household Air Pollution Study

    Kuo, D., Thompson, L.M., Lee, A., Romero, C., Smith, K.R., 2011. Unintended Benefits: Leadership Skills and Behavioral Change among Guatemalan Fieldworkers Employed in a Longitudinal Household Air Pollution Study. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 31, 311–330.
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