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eCooking: Challenges and Opportunities from a Consumer Behaviour Perspective by Leary, Jon, Menyeh, Bridget, Chapungu, Vimbai, Troncoso, Karin

“…New opportunities are opening for electric cooking (eCooking) as a cost-effective, practical and desirable solution to the twin global challenges of clean…”
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Stacked: In Their Favour? The Complexities of Fuel Stacking and Cooking Transitions in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Zambia by Price, Martin, Barnard-Tallier, Melinda, Troncoso, Karin

“…It remains unclear whether the decision to cook with both polluting and cleaner-burning fuels (‘fuel stacking’) serves as a transition phase towards the full…”
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LPG fuel subsidies in Latin America and the use of solid fuels to cook by Troncoso, Karin, Soares da Silva, Agnes

“…The use of solid fuels (USF) for cooking is a key environmental health risk factor, affecting more than 2.8 billion people globally. The Sustainable…”
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Adoption of LPG for cooking in two rural communities of Chiapas, Mexico by Troncoso, Karin, Segurado, Patricia, Aguilar, Margarita, Soares da Silva, Agnes

“…In 2011, a government initiative provided Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stoves and cylinders to almost 1000 rural families in Chiapas, Mexico. In 2017, the…”
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Improved cook stove adoption and impact assessment: A proposed methodology by Troncoso, Karin, Armendáriz, Cynthia, Alatorre, Silvia

“…Until now, the success of improved cook stoves (ICS) implementation programs has usually been measured by the number of ICS distributed. Some important…”
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Monitoring and modeling of household air quality related to use of different Cookfuels in Paraguay by Tagle, Matias, Pillarisetti, Ajay, Hernandez, Maria Teresa, Troncoso, Karin, Soares, Agnes, Torres, Ricardo, Galeano, Aida, Oyola, Pedro, Balmes, John, Smith, Kirk R.

“…In Paraguay, 49% of the population depends on biomass (wood and charcoal) for cooking. Residential biomass burning is a major source of fine particulate matter…”
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Social perceptions about a technological innovation for fuelwood cooking: Case study in rural Mexico by Troncoso, Karin, Castillo, Alicia, Masera, Omar, Merino, Leticia

“…The widespread use of traditional biomass fuels in open fires in developing countries brings about serious health effects, besides high fuelwood consumption. A…”
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Understanding an improved cookstove program in rural Mexico: An analysis from the implementers' perspective by Troncoso, Karin, Castillo, Alicia, Merino, Leticia, Lazos, Elena, Masera, Omar R.

“…The adoption of innovations in rural areas depends, among many different factors, on the way development workers approach a community. Through a qualitative…”
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Adoption and impact of improved cookstoves in Lambayeque, Peru, 2017 by Díaz-Vásquez, Maribel A., Díaz-Manchay, Rosa J., León-Jiménez, Franco E., Thompson, Lisa M., Troncoso, Karin, Failoc-Rojas, Virgilio E.

“…Introduction: Approximately three billion people in Asia, Africa, and the Americas cook with biomass, cleaner cooking technologies with the potential to reduce…”
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Understanding an improved cookstove program in rural Mexico: An analysis from the implementers' perspective : Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies in Developing Economics by TRONCOSO, Karin, CASTILLO, Alicia, MERINO, Leticia, LAZOS, Elena, MASERA, Omar R

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Afecciones respiratorias por el uso de leña y carbón en comunidades de Paraguay by Troncoso, Karin, Smith, Kirk R., Galeano, Aida, Torres, Ricardo, Soares da Silva, Agnes

“…Introducción: El uso de combustibles sólidos está asociado con más de 4 millones de muertes prematuras anuales en el mundo, especialmente de mujeres y niños…”
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