Aerosol emissions factors from traditional biomass cookstoves in India: insights from field measurements

Pandey, Apoorva; Patel, Sameer; Pervez, Shamsh; Tiwari, Suresh; Yadama, Gautam; Chow, Judith C.; Watson, John G.; Biswas, Pratim; Chakrabarty, Rajan K.

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Aerosol emissions factors from traditional biomass cookstoves in India: insights from field measurements

Apoorva Pandey, Sameer Patel, Shamsh Pervez, Suresh Tiwari, Gautam Yadama, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Pratim Biswas, and Rajan K. Chakrabarty

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