China - Health impacts of indoor air pollution : at-a-glance (English)

More than half of China's population still relies on solid fuels (coal and biomass for cooking and heating. Most of these households are in rural areas and are likely to continue using solid fuels in the near future. Household burning of solid fuels is a major health risk factor in China, estimated to lead to more than half million premature deaths annually with women and children particularly affected. China needs to build on its earlier successful...

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Wu,Yun;

Zhang,Yabei;
Document Date
2012/06/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
70101
Volume No
1
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1
Country
China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2012/06/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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China - Health impacts of indoor air pollution : at-a-glance
Keywords
solid fuel

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Wu,Yun; Zhang,Yabei.

China - Health impacts of indoor air pollution : at-a-glance (English). East Asia and Pacific (EAP) clean stove initiative knowledge exchange series Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/139441468028806800

China - Health impacts of indoor air pollution : at-a-glance (English)

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