Kirk R. Smith
Kirk R. Smith (January 19, 1947June 15, 2020) was an American expert on the health and climate effects of household energy use in developing nations. He held a professorship in Global Environmental Health at the University of California, Berkeley, where his research focused on the relationships among environmental quality, health, resource use, climate, development, and policy in developing countries. Smith contributed a great deal to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the work of the IPCC (including the contributions of many scientists) was recognized by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Smith was a recipient of the 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work with cookstoves, health, and climate. He is also credited with designing and implementing the first randomized controlled trial of the health effects of indoor air pollution (IAP) from cookstoves. Provided by Wikipedia
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Environmental health: for the rich or for all? by Kirk R. Smith
Published 2000-01-01
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Paracelsus and Goethe: founding fathers of environmental health by Hans C. Binswanger, Kirk R. Smith
Published 2000-01-01
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The sustainability transition: a new challenge by Anthony J. McMichael, Kirk R. Smith, Carlos F. Corvalan
Published 2000-01-01
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Household air pollution, health, and climate change: cleaning the air by Jose Goldemberg, Javier Martinez-Gomez, Ambuj Sagar, Kirk R Smith
Published 2018-01-01
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Kerosene subsidies for household lighting in India: what are the impacts? by Nicholas L Lam, Shonali Pachauri, Pallav Purohit, Yu Nagai, Michael N Bates, Colin Cameron, Kirk R Smith
Published 2016-01-01
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Pneumonia case-finding in the RESPIRE Guatemala indoor air pollution trial: standardizing methods for resource-poor settings by Nigel Bruce, Martin Weber, Byron Arana, Anaite Diaz, Alisa Jenny, Lisa Thompson, John McCracken, Mukesh Dherani, Damaris Juarez, Sergio Ordonez, Robert Klein, Kirk R Smith
Published 2007-07-01
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Biomass smoke exposure and somatic growth among children: The RESPIRE and CRECER prospective cohort studies in rural Guatemala by Wenxin Lu, Alisa Jenny, Carolina Romero, Anaite Diaz-Artiga, Andrea Kuster, Eduardo Canuz, Ajay Pillarisetti, John P. McCracken, Wenzhong Huang, Kirk R. Smith, John Balmes, Lisa M. Thompson
Published 2024-01-01
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