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Glossary

Combustion, air pollution and health related terminology

Additional acronyms and abbreviations

Acronym	Explanation
CCT	Controlled cooking test
CRA	Comparative risk assessment
EPRG	External peer-review group
GDG	Guidelines development group
GEPHI	Grading of Evidence for Public Health Interventions
GRADE	Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
ITT	Intention to treat
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
IWA	International Workshop Agreement
KPT	Kitchen performance test
LMICs	Low- and middle-income countries
LPG	Liquefied petroleum gas
M&E	Monitoring and evaluation
NGOs	Nongovernmental organizations
OR	Odds ratio
RCTs	Randomized controlled trials
RR	Relative risk
SG	Steering group
SHS	Second-hand smoke
SRMA	Systematic review and meta-analysis
UN	United Nations
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
WBT	Water boiling test

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WHO Indoor Air Quality Guidelines: Household Fuel Combustion. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014. Glossary.

Term	Acronym	Explanation
household air pollution	HAP	Air pollution generated by household fuel combustion, leading to indoor air pollution, and contributing to ambient air pollution.
ambient air pollution	AAP	Air pollution in the ambient environment, that is, in outdoor air, but able to enter homes.
acute lower respiratory infections	ALRI	Acute illness affecting the lungs, such as acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis, influenza and pneumonia.
WHO air quality guideline	AQG	Value at or under which a pollutant is considered to have no, or minimal impact on health.
carbon monoxide	CO	Colourless, odourless, toxic gas produced by incomplete combustion of carbon-containing materials.
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	COPD	A collection of chronic lung conditions characterized primarily by a persistent blockage of airflow from the lungs.
cardiovascular disease	CVD	Disorders of the heart and blood vessels including disease of the coronary blood vessels supplying the heart (coronary heart disease) and the blood vessels supplying the brain (cerebrovascular disease).
greenhouse gases	GHGs	Gas compounds in the atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range.
integrated exposure-response function	IER	Models that combine exposure and risk data for four sources of combustion-related pollution, namely outdoor air, secondhand smoke, household air pollution and active smoking.
ischaemic heart disease	IHD	Disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart.
interim target-1	IT-1	A pollutant level higher than that set by the AQG, established as an interim target to assist implementing agencies to make progress towards meeting the AQG levels.
products of incomplete combustion	PICs	Mixtures of pollutant particles and gases formed by incomplete burning of fuels or other material.
particulate matter	PM	A mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets suspended in the air.
respirable particulate matter	PM₁₀	Particles (complex mixtures of pollutants) with aerodynamic diameters of 10 μm or less
fine particulate matter	PM_2.5	Particles with aerodynamic diameters of less than 2.5 μm
tuberculosis	TB	Infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs.
vector-borne disease	VBD	Infectious disease caused by microbes transmitted to people by blood-sucking arthropods (insects or arachnids).
solid biomass fuel	–	Wood, animal dung, crop wastes and charcoal used as fuel.
solid fuel	–	Solid materials burned as fuels, includes coal as well as biomass fuels.

Term	Acronym	Explanation
Climate and Clean Air Coalition	CCAC	A UNEP-led partnership of governments and UN and other agencies, with the goal of securing combined health and climate benefits from reduction of short-lived climate pollutants. http://www.unep.org/ccac/
Department for International Development	DFID	United Kingdom development cooperation agency. https://www.gov.uk/dfid
United Nations Foundation Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves	GACC	An alliance of public and private partners established by the UN Foundation in 2010 to address the global problems associated with traditional cooking methods. http://www.cleancookstoves.org/
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH	GIZ	German development cooperation agency. http://www.giz.de/en/
Indian Council of Medical Research	ICMR	Indian medical research body. http://icmr.nic.in/
International Energy Agency	IEA	An autonomous organization working in the field of energy. http://www.iea.org/
International Organization for Standardization	ISO	A nongovernmental organization and network of the national standards organizations. http://www.iso.org/
Sustainable Energy for All	SE4All	An initiative of the UN Secretary-General to develop a public-private partnership to achieve universal access to modern energy services by 2030. http://www.sustainableenergyforall.org/

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