Environmental research at the East-West Center focuses on critical interactions and interdependencies between environment and society. Individual projects respond to current issues of regional significance, illuminate critical gaps in scientific understanding, and explore innovative approaches to establishing more effective partnerships within the Asia-Pacific community that will sustain both people and the environment.
Contact Information
India, Vietnam, The Philippines. Urban and rural. Studying effects of SES on exposure. Interested in all geographical scales.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
None noted
We are interested in approaches that assess total exposures across population groups, with an emphasis on behavior as a determinant of exposure.
Relevant Publications or Studies
Saksena S, Singh P B, Prasad R K, Prasad R, Malhotra P, Joshi V and Patil R S. 2003 Exposure of infants to outdoor and indoor air pollution in low-income urban areas - a case study of Delhi Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 13(3): 219-230 Gopalan H N B and Saksena S (eds). 1999 Domestic environment and health of women and children New Delhi: Tata Energy Research Institute and Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme. 253pp. Saksena S and Smith K R. 2003 Indoor air pollution In McGranahan G and Murray F (eds). Health and Air Pollution in Rapidly Developing Countries London: Earthscan. 200pp Brauer M and Saksena S. 2002 Accessible tools for classification of exposure to particles. Chemosphere 49(9):1151-62 Malhotra P, Saksena S, Joshi V. 2000 Time budgets of infants for exposure assessment: a methodological study Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 10(3): 267-84
Our Contribution to the Partnership
Training, development of protocols, capacity building in research.