Kirk R Smith

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Woodsmoke health effects: a review
    Luke P Naeher
    Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
    Inhal Toxicol 19:67-106. 2007
  2. ncbi Energy and human health
    Kirk R Smith
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 34:159-88. 2013
  3. ncbi Co-benefits of climate mitigation and health protection in energy systems: scoping methods
    Kirk R Smith
    Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 29:11-25. 2008
  4. ncbi Comparative environmental health assessments
    Kirk R Smith
    Global Environmental Health, University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1140:31-9. 2008
  5. ncbi Personal child and mother carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen levels: methods and results from a randomized trial of woodfired chimney cookstoves in Guatemala (RESPIRE)
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20:406-16. 2010
  6. ncbi Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Lancet 378:1717-26. 2011
  7. ncbi Mind the gap
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:1643-5. 2010
  8. ncbi Urinary methoxyphenol biomarkers and woodsmoke exposure: comparisons in rural Guatemala with personal CO and kitchen CO, levoglucosan, and PM2.5
    Michael Clark
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 41:3481-7. 2007
  9. ncbi Exposures to high levels of carbon monoxide from wood-fired temazcal (steam bath) use in highland Guatemala
    Lisa M Thompson
    Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Int J Occup Environ Health 17:103-12. 2011
  10. ncbi Childhood asthma and indoor woodsmoke from cooking in Guatemala
    Morten A Schei
    Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14:S110-7. 2004

Research Grants

  1. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND CHILD ARI: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
    Kirk Smith; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. Chronic respiratory effects of early life PM exposure
    Kirk Smith; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications61

  1. ncbi Woodsmoke health effects: a review
    Luke P Naeher
    Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
    Inhal Toxicol 19:67-106. 2007
    ..In addition, we provide recommendations for additional woodsmoke research...
  2. ncbi Energy and human health
    Kirk R Smith
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 34:159-88. 2013
    ....
  3. ncbi Co-benefits of climate mitigation and health protection in energy systems: scoping methods
    Kirk R Smith
    Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 29:11-25. 2008
    ..We offer sample calculations, which illustrate the apparent high degree of co-benefit effectiveness for targeted interventions in the household energy sector in developing countries...
  4. ncbi Comparative environmental health assessments
    Kirk R Smith
    Global Environmental Health, University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1140:31-9. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Personal child and mother carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen levels: methods and results from a randomized trial of woodfired chimney cookstoves in Guatemala (RESPIRE)
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20:406-16. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Lancet 378:1717-26. 2011
    ..We investigated whether an intervention to lower indoor wood smoke emissions would reduce pneumonia in children...
  7. ncbi Mind the gap
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:1643-5. 2010
    ..5 µm) and cardiovascular disease mortality over several orders of magnitude of dose--from cigarette smoking, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure, and ambient air pollution exposure...
  8. ncbi Urinary methoxyphenol biomarkers and woodsmoke exposure: comparisons in rural Guatemala with personal CO and kitchen CO, levoglucosan, and PM2.5
    Michael Clark
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 41:3481-7. 2007
    ..Although based on relatively few measurements, this study demonstrates that the urinary concentrations of specific methoxyphenols may be effective biomarkers of short-term exposures to inhaled woodsmoke in field conditions...
  9. ncbi Exposures to high levels of carbon monoxide from wood-fired temazcal (steam bath) use in highland Guatemala
    Lisa M Thompson
    Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Int J Occup Environ Health 17:103-12. 2011
    ....
  10. ncbi Childhood asthma and indoor woodsmoke from cooking in Guatemala
    Morten A Schei
    Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14:S110-7. 2004
    ..Hence use of open fire for cooking, may be an important risk factor for asthma symptoms and severity...
  11. ncbi Impact of reduced maternal exposures to wood smoke from an introduced chimney stove on newborn birth weight in rural Guatemala
    Lisa M Thompson
    Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 119:1489-94. 2011
    ..A growing body of evidence indicates a relationship between household indoor air pollution from cooking fires and adverse neonatal outcomes, such as low birth weight (LBW), in resource-poor countries...
  12. ncbi Estimating personal PM2.5 exposures using CO measurements in Guatemalan households cooking with wood fuel
    Amanda Northcross
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    J Environ Monit 12:873-8. 2010
    ..27 +/- 0.02, 0.20 +/- 0.02, and 0.16 +/- 0.02 mg m(-3) respectively. In chimney-stove homes, mothers and children experienced PM2.5 personal concentrations of 0.22 +/- 0.03 and 0.14 +/- 0.03 mg m(-3), respectively...
  13. ncbi The burden of disease from indoor air pollution in developing countries: comparison of estimates
    Kirk R Smith
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 206:279-89. 2003
    ..2 million premature deaths annually in the early 1990s...
  14. ncbi An ultrasound personal locator for time-activity assessment
    Gian Allen-Piccolo
    Received from EME Systems, Berkeley, CA, USA
    Int J Occup Environ Health 15:122-32. 2009
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  15. ncbi Household air pollution from coal and biomass fuels in China: measurements, health impacts, and interventions
    Junfeng Jim Zhang
    School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 115:848-55. 2007
    ..Our objective in this review was to help elucidate the extent of this indoor air pollution health hazard...
  16. ncbi Indoor air pollution in rural China: cooking fuels, stoves, and health status
    John W Peabody
    Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    Arch Environ Occup Health 60:86-95. 2005
    ..Decreasing household coal use, increasing use of improved stove technology, and increasing kitchen ventilation may decrease the short-term health effects of indoor air pollution...
  17. ncbi Non-invasive measurement of carbon monoxide burden in Guatemalan children and adults following wood-fired temazcal (sauna-bath) use
    Nick Lam
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
    J Environ Monit 13:2172-81. 2011
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  18. ncbi Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke
    Linda Dix-Cooper
    Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Neurotoxicology 33:246-54. 2012
    ..Further research is needed to replicate our results and inform future interventions and air quality standards for woodsmoke and CO...
  19. ncbi An inexpensive light-scattering particle monitor: field validation
    Zohir Chowdhury
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, California, USA
    J Environ Monit 9:1099-106. 2007
    ..94; N = 88). In addition, with appropriate cleaning of the sensing chamber, UCB mass sensitivity does not decrease with time when used intensively in open woodfire kitchens, demonstrating the significant potential of this monitor...
  20. ncbi Tuberculosis and indoor biomass and kerosene use in Nepal: a case-control study
    Amod K Pokhrel
    School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:558-64. 2010
    ..In Nepal, tuberculosis (TB) is a major problem. Worldwide, six previous epidemiologic studies have investigated whether indoor cooking with biomass fuel such as wood or agricultural wastes is associated with TB with inconsistent results...
  21. ncbi Demonstrating bias and improved inference for stoves' health benefits
    Valerie Mueller
    International Food Policy Research Institute, Development Strategy and Governance Division, Washington, DC, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 40:1643-51. 2011
    ..Evaluations of stove improvements can suffer from bias because they rarely address health-relevant differences between the households who get improvements and those who do not...
  22. ncbi Unintended benefits: leadership skills and behavioral change among Guatemalan fieldworkers employed in a longitudinal household air pollution study
    Devina Kuo
    University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
    Int Q Community Health Educ 31:311-30. 2010
    ..Recommendations for future researchers include inclusion of additional training courses and adoption of community participatory approaches...
  23. ncbi Place makes the poison: Wesolowski Award Lecture - 1999
    Kirk R Smith
    University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 12:167-71. 2002
    ..It, thus, has profound economic and policy implications, which will be examined in the context of particle air pollution in different parts of the world...
  24. ncbi Case-control study of indoor cooking smoke exposure and cataract in Nepal and India
    Amod K Pokhrel
    School of Public Health, 140 Warren Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 34:702-8. 2005
    ..Replacing unflued stoves with flued stoves would greatly reduce this risk, although cooking with cleaner-burning fuels would be the best option...
  25. ncbi Models to predict emissions of health-damaging pollutants and global warming contributions of residential fuel/stove combinations in China
    Rufus D Edwards
    Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Chemosphere 50:201-15. 2003
    ....
  26. ncbi Capacity building in environmental health research in India and Nepal
    Ondine S von Ehrenstein
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA
    Int J Occup Environ Health 12:300-6. 2006
    ..The focus of capacity building in environmental health research in countries in economic and environmental transition should be on country-based research projects with embedded training efforts...
  27. ncbi Defining intake fraction
    Deborah H Bennett
    School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 36:207A-211A. 2002
  28. ncbi Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: health implications of short-lived greenhouse pollutants
    Kirk R Smith
    School of Public Health, University of alifornia, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Lancet 374:2091-103. 2009
    ..Although sulphate is a cooling agent, black carbon and ozone could together exert nearly half as much global warming as carbon dioxide. The complexity of these health and climate effects needs to be recognised in mitigation policies...
  29. ncbi Lessons learned from "the skeptical environmentalist": an environmental health perspective
    Agnes Bodnar
    Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, 140 Warren Hall #7360, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 207:57-67. 2004
    ..Now that the dust from the initial stampede to praise and condemn the book has settled, we will explore lessons to be learned from TSE and the associated debate from an environmental health perspective...
  30. ncbi Disease burden of adult lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease from passive tobacco smoking in China
    Quan Gan
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
    Tob Control 16:417-22. 2007
    ..To address the health hazards tobacco smoking imposes upon non-smokers in China, this paper estimates the burden of diseases in adults from passive tobacco smoking for two major diseases--lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease (IHD)...
  31. ncbi Acute lower respiratory infection in childhood and household fuel use in bhaktapur, Nepal
    Michael N Bates
    Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 121:637-42. 2013
    ....
  32. ncbi Biomass stoves and lens opacity and cataract in Nepalese women
    Amod K Pokhrel
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Optom Vis Sci 90:257-68. 2013
    ....
  33. ncbi Kerosene: a review of household uses and their hazards in low- and middle-income countries
    Nicholas L Lam
    Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7367, USA
    J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 15:396-432. 2012
    ..Given the potential risks of kerosene, policymakers may consider alternatives to kerosene subsidies, such as shifting support to cleaner technologies for lighting and cooking...
  34. ncbi Risk of tuberculosis from exposure to tobacco smoke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Michael N Bates
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
    Arch Intern Med 167:335-42. 2007
    ..There is no consensus whether tobacco smoking increases risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, disease, or mortality. Whether this is so has substantial implications for tobacco and TB control policies...
  35. ncbi Household light makes global heat: high black carbon emissions from kerosene wick lamps
    Nicholas L Lam
    Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 46:13531-8. 2012
    ..Replacement of kerosene-fueled wick lamps deserves strong consideration for programs that target short-lived climate forcers...
  36. ncbi Why particles?
    Kirk R Smith
    Chemosphere 49:867-71. 2002
  37. ncbi Characterization of non-methane hydrocarbons emitted from various cookstoves used in China
    Stella Manchun Tsai
    University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 37:2869-77. 2003
    ..Strikingly, burning the coal briquette and honeycomb coal briquette produced OFP values more than 2 orders of magnitude lower than burning unprocessed (raw) coal, even in the same vented metal stove, for every 1 MJ delivered to the pot...
  38. ncbi Exposure efficiency: an idea whose time has come?
    John S Evans
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Room 211, 718 Huntington Avenue, 02115 Boston, MA, USA
    Chemosphere 49:1075-91. 2002
    ....
  39. ncbi Inhaled carbon and lung function in children
    Nigel G Bruce
    N Engl J Med 355:1496-7; author reply 1497. 2006
  40. ncbi The origin, fate, and health effects of combustion by-products: a research framework
    Maureen D Avakian
    MDB, Inc, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 110:1155-62. 2002
    ..In this article we summarize the principal findings and recommendations for research focus and direction...
  41. ncbi Human exposures to combustion products from household use of unprocessed solid fuels (biomass and coal) in simple stoves are substantial sources of ill-health in a world perspective
    Kirk R Smith
    Indoor Air 12:145-6. 2002
  42. ncbi Indoor air pollution from unprocessed solid fuel use and pneumonia risk in children aged under five years: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Mukesh Dherani
    Division of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
    Bull World Health Organ 86:390-398C. 2008
    ..8. Greater efforts are now required to implement effective interventions...
  43. ncbi Energy, energy efficiency, and the built environment
    Paul Wilkinson
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 370:1175-87. 2007
    ....
  44. ncbi Maternal exposure to biomass smoke and reduced birth weight in Zimbabwe
    Vinod Mishra
    Population and Health Studies, East West Center, Honolulu, HI 96848 1601, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 14:740-7. 2004
    ..To examine the association between household use of biomass fuels for cooking and birth weight...
  45. ncbi Cooking smoke and tobacco smoke as risk factors for stillbirth
    Vinod Mishra
    Demographic and Health Research Division, ORC Macro, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
    Int J Environ Health Res 15:397-410. 2005
    ..11, 3.62). The adjusted effect of active tobacco smoking is also positive (OR = 1.23) but not statistically significant. No effect of passive smoking was found, nor was there evidence of any modifying effects of tobacco smoking...
  46. ncbi An inexpensive dual-chamber particle monitor: laboratory characterization
    Rufus Edwards
    School of Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 7070, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 56:789-99. 2006
    ....
  47. ncbi Impact of improved stoves, house construction and child location on levels of indoor air pollution exposure in young Guatemalan children
    Nigel Bruce
    Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, UK
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14:S26-33. 2004
    ..Large donor-funded stove programmes need to aim for wider acceptance and uptake by the local families. Better stove maintenance is also required...
  48. ncbi Eye discomfort, headache and back pain among Mayan Guatemalan women taking part in a randomised stove intervention trial
    Esperanza Diaz
    Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Kalfarveien 31, N 5018 Bergen, Norway
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:74-9. 2007
    ..Indoor air pollution (IAP) from combustion of biomass fuels represents a global health problem, estimated to cause 1.6 million premature deaths annually...
  49. ncbi Exposure assessment for respirable particulates associated with household fuel use in rural districts of Andhra Pradesh, India
    Kalpana Balakrishnan
    Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute Deemed University, Chennai, India
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14:S14-25. 2004
    ..This would facilitate the development of a regional exposure database and enable better estimation of health risks...
  50. ncbi Chimney stove intervention to reduce long-term wood smoke exposure lowers blood pressure among Guatemalan women
    John P McCracken
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 115:996-1001. 2007
    ..Given the evidence that ambient particles increase blood pressure, we hypothesized that the intervention would lower blood pressure...
  51. ncbi A global perspective on energy: health effects and injustices
    Paul Wilkinson
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 370:965-78. 2007
    ..In this Series, we examine the opportunities to improve health, reduce climate effects, and promote development through realistic adjustments in the way energy and food are produced and consumed...
  52. ncbi Pneumonia case-finding in the RESPIRE Guatemala indoor air pollution trial: standardizing methods for resource-poor settings
    Nigel Bruce
    Division of Public Health, Whelan Building, University of Liverpool, England
    Bull World Health Organ 85:535-44. 2007
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  53. ncbi Indoor air pollution: a global health concern
    Junfeng Zhang
    Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA
    Br Med Bull 68:209-25. 2003
    ..Given that tobacco consumption and synthetic chemical usage will not be declining at least in the near future, concerns about indoor air pollution may be expected to remain...
  54. ncbi Indoor air pollution and acute respiratory infections
    Kirk R Smith
    Indian Pediatr 40:815-9. 2003
  55. ncbi Wealth, poverty and climate change
    Kirk R Smith
    Med J Aust 179:571-2. 2003
    ..Rich countries must lead the fight against climate change affecting rich and poor in our global village...
  56. ncbi Symposium introduction. Mitigating, adapting, and suffering: how much of each?
    Kirk R Smith
    Annu Rev Public Health 29:xxiii-xxv. 2008
  57. ncbi The occurrence and seasonal variation of accelerant-related burn injuries in central Florida
    Susan Rainey
    Tampa General Regional Burn Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
    J Burn Care Res 28:675-80. 2007
    ..The results of this study support the development of a community-based educational program directed at burn injury prevention, with special attention to the implications of the hurricane season...
  58. ncbi In praise of petroleum?
    Kirk R Smith
    Science 298:1847. 2002
  59. ncbi Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change
    Andy Haines
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 370:1264-81. 2007
    ..Intersectoral research and concerted action, both nationally and internationally, will be required...
  60. ncbi Occupational health in India
    Tushar Kant Joshi
    Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
    Occup Med 17:371-89, iii-iv. 2002
    ..India urgently requires modern OHS legislation with adequate enforcement machinery, and establishment of centres of excellence in occupational medicine, to catch up with the rest of the world...
  61. ncbi Outdoor air pollution and acute respiratory infections among children in developing countries
    Isabelle Romieu
    Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 655 Avenida Universidad, Col Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62508 Mexico
    J Occup Environ Med 44:640-9. 2002
    ..Children may be at greater risk, given the poor environmental and nutritional conditions prevalent in developing countries...

Research Grants10

  1. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND CHILD ARI: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
    Kirk Smith; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ....
  2. Chronic respiratory effects of early life PM exposure
    Kirk Smith; Fiscal Year: 2009
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