2022
Using time-resolved monitor wearing data to study the effect of clean cooking interventions on personal air pollution exposures
Gould C, Mujtaba M, Yang Q, Boamah-Kaali E, Quinn A, Manu G, Lee A, Ae-Ngibise K, Carrión D, Kaali S, Kinney P, Jack D, Chillrud S, Asante K. Using time-resolved monitor wearing data to study the effect of clean cooking interventions on personal air pollution exposures. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2022, 33: 386-395. PMID: 36274187, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-022-00483-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir pollution exposurePersonal air pollution exposureControl armPM2.5 exposurePersonal PM2.5 exposurePollution exposureStudy armsLPG armPersonal exposureCooking interventionsAverage PM2.5 exposureExposure estimatesClean cooking interventionsCO exposureMean personal exposuresPregnant womenPersonal CO exposuresPersonal PM2.5Environmental exposuresAccelerometry dataPersonal monitorsInterventionExposureExposure parametersDirect association
2021
A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana
Jack DW, Ae-Ngibise KA, Gould CF, Boamah-Kaali E, Lee AG, Mujtaba MN, Chillrud S, Kaali S, Quinn AK, Gyaase S, Oppong FB, Carrión D, Agyei O, Burkhart K, Ana-aro JA, Liu X, Berko YA, Wylie BJ, Etego SA, Whyatt R, Owusu-Agyei S, Kinney P, Asante KP. A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana. BMJ Global Health 2021, 6: e005599. PMID: 34452940, PMCID: PMC8404442, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of lifeBirth weightPregnant womenPollution exposureLPG armAir pollution exposurePneumonia riskHousehold air pollutionIntervention armSevere pneumoniaChildhood morbidityChild pneumoniaInfant healthLeading causeChild healthPrimary analysisPersonal carbon monoxideCookstove interventionControl participantsClean cooking interventionsTrialsExposure reductionHealth-based targetsPneumoniaCooking interventions
2019
Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort
Carrión D, Kaali S, Kinney PL, Owusu-Agyei S, Chillrud S, Yawson AK, Quinn A, Wylie B, Ae-Ngibise K, Lee AG, Tokarz R, Iddrisu L, Jack DW, Asante KP. Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort. Environment International 2019, 133: 105150. PMID: 31518936, PMCID: PMC6868532, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNasal carriageExposure-response relationshipHealthy controlsPneumonia casesMassTag polymerase chain reactionGhana Randomized Air PollutionHousehold air pollution exposureExposure-response analysisAir pollution exposureViral carriageHousehold air pollutionTreat comparisonArm participantsITT analysisStudy armsNasopharyngeal swabsGhanaian cohortPolymerase chain reactionLeading causeMicrobial carriageMoraxella catarrhalisRespiratory microbesChildhood mortalityHealth StudyPneumonia