Prediction of personal exposure to PM_2.5 in mother-child pairs in rural Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Air pollution epidemiological studies usually rely on estimates of long-term exposure to air pollutants, which are difficult to ascertain. This problem is accentuated in settings where sources of personal exposure differ from those of ambient concentrations, including household air pollution environments where cooking is an important source.

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of estimating usual exposure to PM_2.5 based on short-term measurements.

Methods

We leveraged three types of short-term measurements from a cohort of mother-child pairs in 26 communities in rural Ghana: (A) personal exposure to PM_2.5 in mothers and age four children, ambient PM_2.5 concentrations (B) at the community level

SUBMITTER: Daouda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9355911 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature