Recent Publications

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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Environmental Risks of Respiratory Disease: Recommendations and Abstracts

Environmental Risks of Respiratory Disease: Recommendations and Abstracts, Report of the Sept 2008 Workshop of the Indian Council of Medical Research, NIEHS, and CDC Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, March 2009
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Low-cost temperature loggers as stove use monitors (SUMs)

Ruiz-Mercado I, Lam NL, Canuz E, Davila G, Smith KR(2008) Low-cost temperature loggers as stove use monitors (SUMs). Boiling Point 55:16-19.
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Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomized intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala

Díaz E, Bruce N, Pope D, Lie RT, Díaz A, Smith KR, Smith-Sivertsen, T (2008) Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomized intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala. BMC International Health and Human Rights 8-7(web published Jun 5, 2008).
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Indoor air pollution from unprocessed solid fuel use and pneumonia risk in children aged under 5 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dherani M, Pope D, Mascarenhas M, Smith KR, Weber M, Bruce N, (2008) Indoor air pollution from unprocessed solid fuel use and pneumonia risk in children aged under 5 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Bull WHO86(5): 390-398 + supplementary material, 2008.
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Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Mitigating, Adapting, and Suffering: How Much of Each?

Kirk R. Smith (2008) Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Mitigating, Adapting, and Suffering: How Much of Each? Annu. Rev. Public Health Vol. 29.
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Disease Burden from Smoking and Passive Smoking in China, in Tobacco Control Policy Analysis in China: Economics and Health

Gan Q, Smith KR, Hammond KS, Hu TW, (2008) Disease Burden from Smoking and Passive Smoking in China, in Tobacco Control Policy Analysis in China: Economics and Health. World Scientific Press, Shanghai pp 83-104, 2008.
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Mitigating Climate, Meeting MDGs, and Moderating Chronic Disease: The Health Co-benefits Landscape.

Smith KR,Balakrishnan K. (2009) Mitigating Climate, Meeting MDGs, and Moderating Chronic Disease: The Health Co-benefits Landscape. Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Update 2009 Commonwealth Secretariat, London, pp. 59-65
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Co-Benefits of Climate Mitigation and Health Protection in Energy Systems: Scoping Methods

Kirk R. Smith and Evan Haigler (2008) Co-Benefits of Climate Mitigation and Health Protection in Energy Systems: Scoping Methods. Annu. Rev. Public Health 29:11–25.
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Energy Climate Change and Global Health: Quantifying a Growing Ethical Crisis

Patz JA, Gibbs HK, Foley JA, Rogers JV, and Smith KR (2007) Energy Climate Change and Global Health: Quantifying a Growing Ethical Crisis. EcoHealth 4:397–405.
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Development and Climate Change Benefits of Clean Energy in India

Banerjee R, Sagar A, Smith KR (eds), Development and Climate Change Benefits of Clean Energy in India, (part of the Woods Hole Research Center Project, Linking Climate Policy with Development Strategy in Brazil, China, and India: JP Holdren, PI). Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, 2007.
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Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change

Haines A, Smith KR, Anderson D, Epstein PR, McMichael AJ, Roberts I, Wilkinson P, Woodcock J, Woods J (2007) Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change. Series on Energy and Health #6, Lancet 370: 66-83.
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Energy, energy efficiency, and the built environment

Wilkinson P, Smith KR, Beevers S, Tonne C, Oreszczyn T (2007) Energy, energy efficiency, and the built environment. Series on Energy and Health #4, Lancet 370: 42-54,.
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A global perspective on energy: health effects and injustices

Wilkinson P, Smith KR, Joffe M, Haines A (2007) A global perspective on energy: health effects and injustices. Series on Energy and Health #1, Lancet 370: 5-18.
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Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Confalonieri, U., B. Menne, R. Akhtar, K.L. Ebi, M. Hauengue, R.S. Kovats, B. Revich and A. Woodward (2007) Human health, Ch 8,; In Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 391-431.
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Household CO and PM measured as part of a review of China’s National Improved Stove Program

Edwards RD, Liu Y, He G, Yin Z, Sinton J, Peabody J, Smith KR(2007) Household CO and PM measured as part of a review of China’s National Improved Stove Program. Indoor Air;17: 189–203.
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An inexpensive light-scattering particle monitor: field validation

Chowdhury Z, Edwards R, Johnson M, Naumoff Shields K, Allen T, Canuz E, Smith KR(2007) An inexpensive light-scattering particle monitor: field validation. J Environ Monit 9:(10), 1099-1106. →Download PDF

Lung function and symptoms among indigenous Mayan women exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution

Díaz E, Bruce N, Pope D, Lie RT, Díaz A, Arana B, Smith KR, Smith-Sivertsen T (2007) Lung function and symptoms among indigenous Mayan women exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 11(12):1372–1379.
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