Predictors of Personal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Black Carbon, and Carbon Monoxide among Pregnant Women in Rwanda: Baseline Data from the HAPIN Trial
Based on a unique and large dataset describing personal exposure among pregnant women in rural Rwanda, lighting and cooking practices described some variability in household <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>PM</mml:mi></mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2.5</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> concentrations, but overall, substantial unexplained variability remained. https://doi.org/10.1289/JHP1049.
Authors
- Florien Ndagijimana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-6363)
- Maggie L. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-5736)
- Ephrem Dusabimana
- Ajay Pillarisetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0518-2934)
- William Checkley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-8812)
- Thomas Clasen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4062-5788)
- Egide Kalisa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9906-583X)
- Ghislaine Rosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-4200)
- Michael Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-1534)
- Jean de Dieu Ntivuguruzwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-8377)
- Miles A. Kirby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-9793)
- Shirin Jabbarzadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2096-2430)
- Ricardo Piedrahita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6658-2627)
- Jennifer L. Peel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5155-1580)
- Bonnie N. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6524-2348)
- Théoneste Ntakirutimana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4870-6251)
- Lance Allyn Waller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-8886)
- Jiantong Wang
- Luke Naher
- Patrick Karakwende (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-3130)
- Yunyun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-7739)
- Adolphe Ndikubwimana
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of Rwanda (RW)
- Berkeley Air Monitoring Group (United States) (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Health and Pollution
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1289/jhp1049
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.50
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Emory University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Cancer Institute
- Fogarty International Center
- Common Fund