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Carlos F. Gould

Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
Verified email at health.ucsd.edu
Cited by 1317

Environmental factors influencing COVID-19 incidence and severity

AK Weaver, JR Head, CF Gould… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Emerging evidence supports a link between environmental factors—including air pollution
and chemical exposures, climate, and the built environment—and severe acute respiratory …

Health effects of wildfire smoke exposure

CF Gould, S Heft-Neal, M Johnson… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
We review current knowledge on the trends and drivers of global wildfire activity, advances
in the measurement of wildfire smoke exposure, and evidence on the health effects of this …

Daily Local-Level Estimates of Ambient Wildfire Smoke PM2.5 for the Contiguous US

ML Childs, J Li, J Wen, S Heft-Neal… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Smoke from wildfires is a growing health risk across the US. Understanding the spatial and
temporal patterns of such exposure and its population health impacts requires separating …

LPG as a clean cooking fuel: Adoption, use, and impact in rural India

CF Gould, J Urpelainen - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is by far the most popular clean cooking fuel in rural India,
but how rural households use it remains poorly understood. Using the 2014–2015 ACCESS …

The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA

M Burke, ML Childs, B de la Cuesta, M Qiu, J Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Steady improvements in ambient air quality in the USA over the past several decades, in
part a result of public policy,, have led to public health benefits,,–. However, recent trends in …

[HTML][HTML] Exposures and behavioural responses to wildfire smoke

M Burke, S Heft-Neal, J Li, A Driscoll, P Baylis… - Nature human …, 2022 - nature.com
Pollution from wildfires constitutes a growing source of poor air quality globally. To protect
health, governments largely rely on citizens to limit their own wildfire smoke exposures, but …

[HTML][HTML] Government policy, clean fuel access, and persistent fuel stacking in Ecuador

CF Gould, S Schlesinger, AO Toasa, M Thurber… - Energy for sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
After more than three decades of access to low-cost liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) financed
by large direct government subsidies,> 90% of Ecuadorian households cook primarily with …

The drivers of sustained use of liquified petroleum gas in India

S Mani, A Jain, S Tripathi, CF Gould - Nature energy, 2020 - nature.com
Ninety-five per cent of Indian households now have access to liquified petroleum gas (LPG),
with 80 million acquiring it under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) since 2016 …

A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana

DW Jack, K Ayuurebobi, CF Gould, E Boamah-Kaali… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Household air pollution from solid fuel combustion for cooking and heating is a
leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. We hypothesised that clean …

Household fuel mixes in peri-urban and rural Ecuador: Explaining the context of LPG, patterns of continued firewood use, and the challenges of induction cooking

CF Gould, SB Schlesinger, E Molina, ML Bejarano… - Energy policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Nationwide transitions from cooking with solid fuels to clean fuels promise substantial
health, climate, and environmental benefits. For decades, Ecuador has invested heavily in …