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
Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants
Quinn AK, Adjei IA, Ae-Ngibise KA, Agyei O, Boamah-Kaali EA, Burkart K, Carrión D, Chillrud SN, Gould CF, Gyaase S, Jack DW, Kaali S, Kinney PL, Lee AG, Mujtaba MN, Oppong FB, Owusu-Agyei S, Yawson A, Wylie BJ, Asante KP. Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants. Environment International 2021, 155: 106659. PMID: 34134048, PMCID: PMC8628363, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow birth weightHousehold air pollutionGestational ageBirth weightPlacental malariaMaternal exposureBirth lengthSubstantial public health benefitsGhana Randomized Air PollutionReduced birth weightImportant risk factorMalaria-endemic areasAge z-scoreEvidence of malariaPublic health benefitsAir pollutant exposureEffects of COMalarial statusPlacental histopathologyBirth outcomesPregnant womenFetal growthPrenatal exposureRisk factorsGhanaian infantsA 1-km hourly air-temperature model for 13 northeastern U.S. states using remotely sensed and ground-based measurements
Carrión D, Arfer KB, Rush J, Dorman M, Rowland ST, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Kloog I, Just AC. A 1-km hourly air-temperature model for 13 northeastern U.S. states using remotely sensed and ground-based measurements. Environmental Research 2021, 200: 111477. PMID: 34129866, PMCID: PMC8403657, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir temperature modelStatistical modelCoarse spatial resolutionSquare gridXGboost Machine Learning AlgorithmInterpolation of temperatureExample applicationHeat wavesTemperature modelAir temperatureSquare errorGrid cellsPrecise estimatesSatellite-based vegetationHourly modelSimilar accuracyWeighted rootGround-based measurementsWavesLand surface temperatureModel predictionsCross-validation schemeAmbient air temperatureMachine Learning AlgorithmsError
2019
Development and validation of a method to quantify benefits of clean-air taxi legislation
Fry D, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Treat CA, Burke KR, Evans D, Tabb LP, Carrion D, Perera FP, Lovasi GS. Development and validation of a method to quantify benefits of clean-air taxi legislation. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2019, 30: 629-640. PMID: 31142812, PMCID: PMC7398736, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-019-0141-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research