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Prenatal Household Air Pollution Exposure and Childhood Blood Pressure in Rural Ghana.

Misbath DaoudaSeyram KaaliEmma SpringMohammed N MujtabaDarby JackRebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh PrahElena ColicinoTheresa TawiahChris GenningsMusah OseiTeresa JanevicSteven N ChillrudOscar AgyeiCarlos F GouldAlison G LeeKwaku Poku Asante
Published in: Environmental health perspectives (2024)
These findings suggest that prenatal and first-year-of-life HAP exposure are associated with child BP and support the need for reductions in exposure to HAP, with interventions such as cleaner cooking beginning in pregnancy. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13225.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • air pollution
  • pregnant women
  • mental health
  • heart rate
  • hypertensive patients
  • particulate matter
  • preterm birth
  • lung function
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • cystic fibrosis
  • skeletal muscle
  • early life