title: The origin, fate, and health effects of combustion by-products: a research framework.
abstract: Incomplete combustion processes can emit organic pollutants, metals, and fine particles. Combustion by-products represent global human and environmental health challenges that are relevant not only in heavily industrialized nations, but also in developing nations where up to 90% of rural households rely on unprocessed biomass fuels for cooking, warmth, and light. These issues were addressed at the Seventh International Congress on Combustion By-Products, which convened 4-6 June 2001 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. This congress included a diverse group of multidisciplinary researchers and practitioners who discussed recent developments and future goals in the control of combustion by-products and their effects of exposure on human and ecologic health. Participants recommended that interdisciplinary, coordinated research efforts should be focused to capitalize on the important potential synergisms between efforts to reduce the adverse human health effects linked to exposures to combustion by-products and broader efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy through efficiency. In this article we summarize the principal findings and recommendations for research focus and direction.
authors.affiliation: MDB, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Avakian
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dellinger
authors.forename: Heidelore
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gullet
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koshland
authors.forename: Stellan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marklund
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oberdörster
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safe
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarofim
authors.forename: Kirk R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Suk
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018533:Biomass; D003296:Cooking; D003906:Developing Countries; D004777:Environment; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D017745:Incineration; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends