Prenatal and postnatal household air pollution exposure and infant growth trajectories: evidence from a rural Ghanaian pregnancy cohort

E Boamah-Kaali, DW Jack… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The exposure–response association between prenatal and postnatal
household air pollution (HAP) and infant growth trajectories is unknown. Objectives: To …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants

AK Quinn, IA Adjei, K Ayuurebobi, O Agyei… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Low birth weight and prematurity are important risk factors for death and
disability, and may be affected by prenatal exposure to household air pollution (HAP) …

Exposure–response relationships for personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2· 5), carbon monoxide, and black carbon and birthweight: an observational …

K Balakrishnan, K Steenland, T Clasen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use is associated with adverse
birth outcomes, but data for exposure–response relationships are scarce. We examined …

Prenatal and postnatal household air pollution exposures and pneumonia risk: evidence from the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study

PL Kinney, KP Asante, AG Lee, K Burkart… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Nearly 40% of the world's population is exposed daily to household air
pollution. The relative impact of prenatal and postnatal household air pollution exposure on …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying sensitive windows of prenatal household air pollution on birth weight and infant pneumonia risk to inform future interventions

S Kaali, DW Jack, MN Mujtaba, SN Chillrud… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Prenatal household air pollution impairs birth weight and increases pneumonia
risk however time-varying associations have not been elucidated and may have implications …

Cooking fuel choices and garbage burning practices as determinants of birth weight: a cross-sectional study in Accra, Ghana

AK Amegah, JJK Jaakkola, R Quansah, GK Norgbe… - Environmental …, 2012 - Springer
Background Effect of indoor air pollution (IAP) on birth weight remains largely unexplored
but yet purported as the most important environmental exposure for pregnant women in …

Prenatal household air pollution is associated with impaired infant lung function with sex-specific effects. Evidence from GRAPHS, a cluster randomized cookstove …

AG Lee, S Kaali, A Quinn, R Delimini… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Approximately 2.8 billion people are exposed daily to household air pollution
from polluting cookstoves. The effects of prenatal household air pollution on lung …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal exposure to fine particulate matter and preterm birth and low birth weight in Africa

J Bachwenkizi, C Liu, X Meng, L Zhang, W Wang… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure has been reported to adversely affect
birth outcomes, but the evidence is limited, particularly in low-and middle-income countries …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of in utero exposure to household air pollution on child health: evidence from Ghana

K Adjei-Mantey, K Takeuchi - Health Policy OPEN, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of in utero exposure to household air pollution on child
health. By using a pseudo panel data compiled from three rounds of two separate …

Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure and child weight trajectories from the 3rd trimester of pregnancy to 2 years of age: a cohort study

N Ji, M Johnson, SP Eckel, WJ Gauderman, TA Chavez… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Prenatal air pollution exposure may increase risk for childhood obesity.
However, few studies have evaluated in utero growth measures and infant weight …