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Clean cooking and the SDGs: Integrated analytical approaches to guide energy interventions for health and environment goals by Rosenthal, Joshua, Quinn, Ashlinn, Grieshop, Andrew P., Pillarisetti, Ajay, Glass, Roger I.

“…Development and implementation of clean cooking technology for households in low and middle income countries (LMICs) offer enormous promise to advance at least…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clean fuel programmes in India and ensuring sustainability for household energy needs by Ravindra, Khaiwal, Kaur-Sidhu, Maninder, Mor, Suman, Chakma, Joy, Pillarisetti, Ajay

“…[Display omitted] •Appraise Indian strategies for clean cooking fuel transition during COVID-19 pandemic.•Applied DPSIR approach to establish comprehensive…”
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A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution's contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts by Chowdhury, Sourangsu, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Oberholzer, Alicia, Jetter, James, Mitchell, John, Cappuccilli, Eva, Aamaas, Borgar, Aunan, Kristin, Pozzer, Andrea, Alexander, Donee

“…Direct exposure to household fine particulate air pollution (HAP) associated with inefficient combustion of fuels (wood, charcoal, coal, crop residues,…”
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Promoting LPG usage during pregnancy: A pilot study in rural Maharashtra, India by Pillarisetti, Ajay, Ghorpade, Makarand, Madhav, Sathish, Dhongade, Arun, Roy, Sudipto, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Sankar, Sambandam, Patil, Rutuja, Levine, David I., Juvekar, Sanjay, Smith, Kirk R.

“…Household air pollution from the combustion of biomass and coal is estimated to cause approximately 780,000 premature deaths a year in India. The government…”
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Biomass smoke exposure and somatic growth among children: The RESPIRE and CRECER prospective cohort studies in rural Guatemala by Lu, Wenxin, Jenny, Alisa, Romero, Carolina, Diaz-Artiga, Anaite, Kuster, Andrea, Canuz, Eduardo, Pillarisetti, Ajay, McCracken, John P., Huang, Wenzhong, Smith, Kirk R., Balmes, John, Thompson, Lisa M.

“…Cooking-related biomass smoke is a major source of household air pollution (HAP) and an important health hazard. Prior studies identified associations between…”
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Measuring personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among rural Honduran women: A field evaluation of the Ultrasonic Personal Aerosol Sampler (UPAS) by Pillarisetti, Ajay, Carter, Ellison, Rajkumar, Sarah, Young, Bonnie N., Benka-Coker, Megan L., Peel, Jennifer L., Johnson, Michael, Clark, Maggie L.

“…We measured 24-hour average personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among rural Honduran women using a lightweight, gravimetric monitor – the…”
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Barriers to and facilitators of uptake and sustained use of LPG through the PMUY in tribal communities of Pune district by Patil, Rutuja, Roy, Sudipto, Gore, Manisha, Ghorpade, Makrand, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Chakma, Joy, Juvekar, Sanjay

“…The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), launched in India in 2016, is the world's largest program to provide cleaner cooking fuel to poor households. The…”
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In praise of cooking gas subsidies: transitional fuels to advance health and equity by Gould, Carlos F, Bailis, Rob, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Burke, Marshall, Espinoza, Sebastián, Mehta, Sumi, Schlesinger, Samuel B, Suarez-Lopez, José R, Pillarisetti, Ajay

“…Households that burn biomass in inefficient open fires-a practice that results in $1.6 trillion in global damages from health impacts and climate-altering…”
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Advanced household heat pumps for air pollution control: A pilot field study in Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital city in the world by Pillarisetti, Ajay, Ma, Rongjiang, Buyan, Munkhbayar, Nanzad, Boldkhuu, Argo, Yuma, Yang, Xudong, Smith, Kirk R.

“…Ulaanbaatar - the coldest capital in the world - is home to half of Mongolia's population, much of which uses coal for household heating, contributing to high…”
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Association of household air pollution exposure and anemia among pregnant women: Analysis of baseline data from ’Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN)’ trial by Deng, Yanling, Steenland, Kyle, Sinharoy, Sheela S., Peel, Jennifer L., Ye, Wenlu, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Eick, Stephanie M., Chang, Howard H., Wang, Jiantong, Chen, Yunyun, Young, Bonnie N., Clark, Maggie L., Barr, Dana Boyd, Clasen, on behalf of the HAPIN Investigators, Thomas F.

“…Anemia is common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), causing significant health issues and social burdens. Exposure to household air pollution from…”
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Fidelity and adherence to a liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention: The multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial by Williams, Kendra N., Quinn, Ashlinn, North, Hayley, Wang, Jiantong, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Thompson, Lisa M., Díaz-Artiga, Anaité, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Thangavel, Gurusamy, Rosa, Ghislaine, Ndagijimana, Florien, Underhill, Lindsay J., Kirby, Miles A., Puzzolo, Elisa, Hossen, Shakir, Waller, Lance A., Peel, Jennifer L., Rosenthal, Joshua P., Clasen, Thomas F., Harvey, Steven A., Checkley, William

“…Reducing household air pollution (HAP) to levels associated with health benefits requires nearly exclusive use of clean cooking fuels and abandonment of…”
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Small, Smart, Fast, and Cheap: Microchip-Based Sensors to Estimate Air Pollution Exposures in Rural Households by Pillarisetti, Ajay, Allen, Tracy, Ruiz-Mercado, Ilse, Edwards, Rufus, Chowdhury, Zohir, Garland, Charity, Hill, L Drew, Johnson, Michael, Litton, Charles D, Lam, Nicholas L, Pennise, David, Smith, Kirk R

“…Over the last 20 years, the Kirk R. Smith research group at the University of California Berkeley-in collaboration with Electronically Monitored Ecosystems,…”
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Effects of a LPG stove and fuel intervention on adverse maternal outcomes: A multi-country randomized controlled trial conducted by the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) by Younger, Ashley, Alkon, Abbey, Harknett, Kristen, Kirby, Miles A., Elon, Lisa, Lovvorn, Amy E., Wang, Jiantong, Ye, Wenlu, Diaz-Artiga, Anaité, McCracken, John P., Castañaza Gonzalez, Adly, Monroy Alarcon, Libny, Mukeshimana, Alexie, Rosa, Ghislaine, Chiang, Marilu, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Garg, Sarada S., Pillarisetti, Ajay, Piedrahita, Ricardo, Johnson, Michael, Craik, Rachel, Papageorghiou, Aris T., Toenjes, Ashley, Quinn, Ashlinn, Williams, Kendra N., Underhill, Lindsay, Chang, Howard H., Naeher, Luke P., Rosenthal, Joshua, Checkley, William, Peel, Jennifer L., Clasen, Thomas F., Thompson, Lisa M.

“…Household air pollution from solid cooking fuel use during gestation has been associated with adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. The Household Air Pollution…”
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Air pollution-related health and climate benefits of clean cookstove programs in Mozambique by Anenberg, Susan C, Henze, Daven K, Lacey, Forrest, Irfan, Ans, Kinney, Patrick, Kleiman, Gary, Pillarisetti, Ajay

“…Approximately 95% of households in Mozambique burn solid fuels for cooking, contributing to elevated indoor and outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5)…”
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Indoor and Ambient Air Pollution in Chennai, India during COVID-19 Lockdown: An Affordable Sensors Study by Puttaswamy, Naveen, Sreekanth, V., Pillarisetti, Ajay, Upadhya, Adithi R., Saidam, Sudhakar, Veerappan, Balachandar, Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu, Sambandam, Sankar, Sutaria, Ronak, Balakrishnan, Kalpana

“…The Tamil Nadu Air Pollution and Health Effects study (TAPHE-2) aims to evaluate the relationship between air pollution and birth outcome in a rural-urban…”
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Exposure contrasts associated with a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention at potential field sites for the multi-country household air pollution intervention network (HAPIN) trial in India: results from pilot phase activities in rural Tamil Nadu by Sambandam, Sankar, Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu, Sendhil, Saritha, Ye, Wenlu, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Thangavel, Gurusamy, Natesan, Durairaj, Ramasamy, Rengaraj, Natarajan, Amudha, Aravindalochanan, Vigneswari, Vinayagamoorthi, A, Sivavadivel, S, Uma Maheswari, R, Balakrishnan, Lingeswari, Gayatri, S, Nargunanathan, Srinivasan, Madhavan, Sathish, Puttaswamy, Naveen, Garg, Sarada S, Quinn, Ashlinn, Rosenthal, Josh, Johnson, Michael, Liao, Jiawen, Steenland, Kyle, Piedhrahita, Ricardo, Peel, Jennifer, Checkley, William, Clasen, Thomas, Balakrishnan, Kalpana

“…The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial aims to assess health benefits of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookfuel and stove…”
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Cooking practices, air quality, and the acceptability of advanced cookstoves in Haryana, India: an exploratory study to inform large-scale interventions by Mukhopadhyay, Rupak, Sambandam, Sankar, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Jack, Darby, Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Vaswani, Mayur, Bates, Michael N., Kinney, PatrickL, Arora, Narendra, Smith, KirkR

“…Background : In India, approximately 66% of households rely on dung or woody biomass as fuels for cooking. These fuels are burned under inefficient conditions,…”
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Marriage-based pilot clean household fuel intervention in India for improved pregnancy outcomes by Pillarisetti, Ajay, Roy, Sudipto, Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Ghorpade, Makarand, Dhongade, Arun, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Sambandam, Sankar, Patil, Rutuja, Levine, David I, Juvekar, Sanjay, Smith, Kirk R

“…IntroductionHealth interventions often target pregnant women and their unborn children. Interventions in rural India targeting pregnant women, however, often…”
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Visualizing Field Data Collection Procedures of Exposure and Biomarker Assessments for the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial in India by Rajamani, Karthikeyan D, Sambandam, Sankar, Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu, Puttaswamy, Naveen, Thangavel, Gurusamy, Natesan, Durairaj, Ramasamy, Rengaraj, Sendhil, Saritha, Natarajan, Amudha, Aravindalochan, Vigneswari, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Johnson, Michael, Rosenthal, Joshua, Steenland, Kyle, Piedhrahita, Ricardo, Peel, Jennifer, Clark, Maggie L, Boyd Barr, Dana, Rajkumar, Sarah, Young, Bonnie, Jabbarzadeh, Shirin, Rosa, Ghislaine, Kirby, Miles, Underhill, Lindsay J, Diaz-Artiga, Anaite, Lovvorn, Amy, Checkley, William, Clasen, Thomas, Balakrishnan, Kalpana

“…Here, we present a visual representation of standard procedures to collect population-level data on personal exposures to household air pollution (HAP) from…”
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Data management plan and REDCap mobile data capture for a multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial by Jabbarzadeh, Shirin, Jaacks, Lindsay M, Lovvorn, Amy, Chen, Yunyun, Wang, Jiantong, Elon, Lisa, Nizam, Azhar, Aravindalochanan, Vigneswari, Ntivuguruzwa, Jean de Dieu, Willams, Kendra N, Ramirez, Alexander, Johnson, Michael A, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Gurusamy, Thangavel, Rosa, Ghislaine, Diaz-Artiga, Anaité, Romero, Juan C, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Checkley, William, Peel, Jennifer L, Clasen, Thomas F, Waller, Lance A

“…Household air pollution (HAP) is a leading environmental risk factor accounting for about 1.6 million premature deaths mainly in low- and middle-income…”
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