Marriage-based pilot clean household fuel intervention in India for improved pregnancy outcomes

Pillarisetti A, Roy S, Diamond-Smith N, Ghorpade M, Dhongade A, Balakrishnan K, Sambandam S, Patil R, Levine D, Juvekar S, Smith K. Marriage-based pilot clean household fuel intervention in India for improved pregnancy outcomes. BMJ Open. 2020/10; 10(10):e044127. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044127.

Global impact of atmospheric arsenic on health risk: 2005-2015

Zhang L, Gao Y, Wu S, Zhang S, Smith KR, Yao X, Gao H, 2020, Global impact of atmospheric arsenic on health risk: 2005-2015Proc US Nat Acad Sciences, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.200258011

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Finding a clean woodstove – a 300-year quest

Islam N, Smith KR, 2019, Finding a clean woodstove – a 300-year quest, Energy for Sustainable Development, 52: 147-153.

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Energy and air pollution benefits of household fuel policies in northern China

Meng W, Zhong Q, Chen Y, Shen H, Yun, Smith KR,. Li B, Liu J, Wang X, Ma J, Cheng H, Zeng YE, Guan D, Russell AG, Tao S, 2019, Energy and air pollution benefits of household fuel policies in northern China, , Proc. US Nat Acad Sciences, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1904182116

Supplementary information is available here.

Impacts of household sources on air pollution at village and regional scales in India

Rooney B, Zhao R, Wang Y, Bates KH, Pillarisetti A, Sharma S, Kundu S, Bond TC, Lam NL, Ozaltun B, Xu L, Goel V, Fleming LT, Weltman R, Meinardi S, Blake DR, Nizkorodov SA, Edwards RD, Yadav A, Arora NK, Smith KR, Seinfeld JH (2019) Impacts of household sources on air pollution at village and regional scales in India. Atmos Chem Phys 19:7719–7742.

Machine-learned modeling of PM2.5 exposures in rural Lao PDR

Hill LD, Pillarisetti A, Delepena S, Garland C, Pelletreau A, Koetting P, Motmans T, Vongnakhor, K, Khammavong CK, Boatman MR, Hubbard A, Smith KR. 2019. Machine-learned modeling of PM2.5 exposures in rural Lao PDR, Science of the Total Environment, 676: 811-822.  doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.258

Indian annual ambient air quality standard is achievable by completely mitigating emissions from household sources

Chowdhury S, Dey S, Guttikunda S, Pillarisetti A, Smith KR, Girolama LD. 2019. Indian annual ambient air quality standard is achievable by completely mitigating emissions from household sources. Proc. US Nat Acad Sciences, pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1900888116

Supplementary Information available here. The supplementary information contains descriptions of the preparation of the emission inventory 16 for cooking, lighting, and space and water heating. 


Promoting LPG usage during pregnancy: A pilot study in rural Maharashtra, India

Pillarisetti A, Ghorpade M, Madhv S, Dhongage A, Roy S, Balakrishnan K, Sankar S, Patil R, Levine DI, Juvekar S, Smith KR, 2019.  Promoting LPG usage during pregnancy: A pilot study in rural Maharashtra, India. Environment International, 127: 540-549. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.017

Clean household air for the Americas

Soares da Silva, A and Smith KR. Clean household air for the Americas. British Medical Journal editorial 2019;364:l330 doi: 10.1136/bmj.l330 (Published 22 March 2019)

Advanced household heat pumps for air pollution control: A pilot field study in Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital city in the world

Pillarisetti A*, Ma R*, Buyan M, Nanzad B, Argo Y, Yang X, Smith KR (in press). Advanced household heat pumps for air pollution control: A pilot field study in Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital city in the worldEnvironmental Research  2019.

 *Joint first authors

Tracking ambient PM2.5 build-up in Delhi national capital region during the dry season over 15 years using a high-resolution (1km) satellite aerosol dataset

Chowdhury S, Dey S, Di Girolamo L, Smith KR, Pillarisetti A, Lyapustin A. Tracking ambient PM2.5 build-up in Delhi national capital region during the dry season over 15 years using a high-resolution (1km) satellite aerosol dataset. Atmospheric Environment 2019 (204): 142-150. doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.02.029

Sanitation in rural India: Exploring the associations between dwelling space and household latrine ownership

Jain A, Fernald LCH, Smith KR, Subramanian SV. Sanitation in rural India: Exploring the associations between dwelling space and household latrine ownershipInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health.  2019, 16: 734; doi:10.3390/ijerph16050734

Let the “A” in WASH Stand for Air: Integrating Research and Interventions to Improve Household Air Pollution (HAP) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) in Low-Income Settings

Household Energy Transition in India and Elsewhere: The Role of LPG

Smith KR, Jain A. Household Energy Transition in India and Elsewhere: The Role of LPG, ch 4, in Mitra S, ed., Energizing India: Fueling a Billion Lives, New Delhi: Rupa Publications, 2019.

Monitoring and modeling of household air quality related to use of different cookfuels in Paraguay

Tagle M, Pillarisetti A, Hernandez MT, Troncoso K, Soares A, Torres R, Galeano A, Oyola P,  Balmes J, Smith KR. Monitoring and modeling of household air quality related to use of different cookfuels in Paraguay. Indoor Air. 2018;1-11. DOI: 10.1111/ina.12513

The Pink Key: a low-cost stove use monitor to enable conditional cash transfers

Pillarisetti A, Gill M, Allen T, Madhavan S, Dhongade A, Ghorpade M, Roy S, Balakrishnan K, Juvekar S, Smith KR. The Pink Key: a low-cost stove use monitor to enable conditional cash transfers. Ecohealth. 2018, 15: 768–776, doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1379-5

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Transformation of Subsidy to Social Investment in India

Smith KR, 2018, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Transformation of Subsidy to Social Investment in India, Chapter 29 in Debroy B, Gangul A, Desai K (eds) Making of New India: Transformation Under Modi Government, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation and Wisdom Tree, New Delhi, 2018, 401-410.

Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM2.5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005–2015

Zhao B, Zheng H, Wang S, Smith KR, Lu X, Aunan K, Gu Y, Wang Y, Ding D, Xing J, Fu X, Yang X, Liou K-N, Hao J. Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM 2.5exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005–2015. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018. 24:201812955. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812955115 PDF | Supplement

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Heavy near-surface PM2.5 pollution in Lhasa, China during a relatively static winter period

Li C, Han X, Kang S, Yan F, Chen P, Hu Z, Yang J, Ciren D, Gao S, Sillanpaa M, Han Y, Cui Y, Liu S, Smith KR. Heavy near-surface PM2.5 pollution in Lhasa, China during a relatively static winter period. Chemospehere 2019. 214 (1): 314-318. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2018-487