Recent Publications

Indoor air pollution. Pollution Management in Focus

Smith KR (1999) Indoor air pollution. Pollution Management in Focus, World Bank 8(4).
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Biomass Cooking Fuels and Tuberculosis in India

Mishra VK, Retherford RD, Smith KR (1999) Biomass Cooking Fuels and Tuberculosis in India. Int J Infect Dis 3:119-129
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Emissions of carbonyl compounds from various cookstoves in China

Zhang J and Smith KR (1999) Emissions of carbonyl compounds from various cookstoves in China. Environ Sci Technol 33(14):2311-20.
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Near-term Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reductions: A Proposed Assessment Method and Application to Two Energy Sectors of China

Wang, X. & K.R. Smith, Near-term Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reductions: A Proposed Assessment Method and Application to Two Energy Sectors of China, WHO/SPE/99-01, World Health Organ, Geneva, 1999
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Carbon monoxide from cookstoves in developing countries: 2. Potential chronic exposures

Zhang J, Smith KR, Uma R, Ma Y, Kishore VVN, Lata K, Khalil MAK, Rasmussen RA, Thorneloe SA (1999) Carbon monoxide from cookstoves in developing countries: 2. Potential chronic exposures. Chemosphere 1(1-3):367-375.
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Carbon monoxide from cookstoves in developing countries: 1. Emission factors

Zhang J, Smith KR, Uma R, Ma Y, Kishore VVN, Lata K, Khalil MAK, Rasmussen RA, Thorneloe SA (1999) Carbon monoxide from cookstoves in developing countries: 1. Emission factors. Chemosphere 1(1-3):353-366.
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Emissions and efficiency of improved woodburning cookstoves in highland Guatemala

McCracken JP and Smith KR (1998) Emissions and efficiency of improved woodburning cookstoves in highland Guatemala. Environment International 24(7):739-747.
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Selected Publications Dealing with Improved Cookstoves Before 1997

Selected Publications Dealing with Improved Cookstoves Before 1997
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The Natural Debt: North and South

Smith KR (1996) The Natural Debt: North and South, Ch. 16 in T. Giambelluca & A. Henderson-Sellers, eds. Climate Change: Developing Southern Hemisphere Perspectives, J. Wiley & Sons, UK, pp. 423-448.
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Particulate emission rates of simple kerosene lamps

Schare S and Smith KR (1995) Particulate emission rates of simple kerosene lamps. Energy for Sustainable Development Vol II No. 2:33-35.
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Health, energy, and greenhouse-gas impacts of biomass combustion in household stoves

Smith KR (1994) Health, energy, and greenhouse-gas impacts of biomass combustion in household stoves. Energy for Sustainable Development 1(4):23-29.

Preindustrial Human Environmental Impacts: Are There Lessons for Global Change Science and Policy?

Kammen DM, Smith KR, Rambo AT, Khalil MAK (1994) Preindustrial Human Environmental Impacts: Are There Lessons for Global Change Science and Policy? Chemosphere, 29(5):827-832.

Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries

Smith, KR and Youcheng Liu (1994) Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries. Chap. 7 of J. Samet, ed., The Epidemiology of Lung Cancer,Marcel Dekker, NYC, 151-184.

What Makes People Cook With Improved Biomass Stoves? A Comparative International Review of Stove Programs

Barnes D, Openshaw K, Smith KR, van der Plas R (1994) What Makes People Cook With Improved Biomass Stoves? A Comparative International Review of Stove Programs. World Bank technical paper; no. 242. Energy series.

Looking for Pollution Where the People Are

Smith, K.R., "Looking for Pollution Where the People Are," Asia-Pacific Issues #10, 8 pp., EWC, Honolulu, 1994
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Pre-Industrial Missing Carbon and Current Greenhouse Responsibilities

Smith KR (1994) Pre-Industrial Missing Carbon and Current Greenhouse Responsibilities. Chemosphere, 2(5):1135-1143.

Fuel Combustion, Air Pollution Exposure, and Health: the Situation in Developing Countries

Smith, K.R., "Fuel Combustion, Air Pollution Exposure, and Health: the Situation in Developing Countries," Annual Review of Energy and Environment 18: 529-566, 1993.
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Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays?

Hayes P & Smith KR, eds., (1993) Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays? Earthscan Publications Ltd, London and United Nations University Press.

One hundred million improved cookstoves in China: How was it done?

Smith KR, Shuhua G, Huang K, Daxiong Q (1993) One hundred million improved cookstoves in China: How was it done? World Development 21(6):941-61.

Greenhouse gases from biomass and fossil fuel stoves in developing countries: A Manila pilot study

Smith KR, Khalil MAK, Rasmussen RA, Thorneloe SA, Manegdeg F, Apte M (1993) Greenhouse gases from biomass and fossil fuel stoves in developing countries: A Manila pilot study. Chemosphere 26(1-4): 479-505.