Rural households’ preferences and attitudes towards biomass fuels - results from a comprehensive field survey in Bangladesh
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عنوان ژورنال: Energy, Sustainability and Society
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2192-0567
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-3-24