Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "biomass"

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    • Characteristics of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the pulmonology clinics of seven Asian cities 

      Oh, Yeon-Mok; Bhome, Arvind B; Boonsawat, Watchara; Gunasekera, Kirthi Dias; Madegedara, Dushantha; Idolor, Luisito; Roa, Camilo; Kim, Woojin; Kuo, Han-Pin; Wang, Chun-Hua; Lan, Le Thi Tuyet; Loh, Li-Cher; Ong, Choo-Khoon; Ng, Alan; Nishimura, Masaharu; Makita, Hironi; Silverman, Edwin K; Lee, Jae Seung; Yang, Ting; Lin, Yingxiang; Wang, Chen; Lee, Sang-Do (Dove Medical Press, 2013)
      Background and objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. We evaluated the characteristics of stable COPD patients in the pulmonology clinics ...

    • Is Household Air Pollution a Risk Factor for Eye Disease? 

      West, Sheila K.; Bates, Michael N.; Lee, Jennifer S.; Schaumberg, Debra A.; Lee, David J.; Adair-Rohani, Heather; Chen, Dong Feng; Araj, Houmam (MDPI, 2013)
      In developing countries, household air pollution (HAP) resulting from the inefficient burning of coal and biomass (wood, charcoal, animal dung and crop residues) for cooking and heating has been linked to a number of ...

    • A New Dawn for Industrial Photosynthesis 

      Robertson, Dan E.; Jacobson, Stuart A.; Morgan, Frederick; Berry, David; Church, George McDonald; Afeyan, Noubar (Springer Netherlands, 2011)
      Several emerging technologies are aiming to meet renewable fuel standards, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and provide viable alternatives to fossil fuels. Direct conversion of solar energy into fungible liquid fuel is ...