Baseline exposure–response assessment of metals from dried blood spots and personal household air pollution concentrations among pregnant women in Rwanda: household air pollution intervention network trial

While associations were not statistically significant, the directionally consistent increases in blood Pb and Cd with increased PM₂.₅ and BC exposures align with existing evidence and underscore the need for continued research and policy action to reduce household air pollution exposures and protect maternal and fetal health.

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Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
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2025-12-19
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-025-01178-6
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Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
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Baseline exposure–response assessment of metals from dried blood spots and personal household air pollution concentrations among pregnant women in Rwanda: household air pollution intervention network trial

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Abstract

While associations were not statistically significant, the directionally consistent increases in blood Pb and Cd with increased PM₂.₅ and BC exposures align with existing evidence and underscore the need for continued research and policy action to reduce household air pollution exposures and protect maternal and fetal health.

Journal of Health Population and NutritionVol. 45(1)
Western University (CA), Harvard University (US), Johns Hopkins University (US), Emory University (US), University of Georgia (US), University of California, San Francisco (US), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB), Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (IN), Washington University in St. Louis (US), Johns Hopkins Medicine (US), University of Kigali (RW), University of Rwanda (RW), Berkeley Air Monitoring Group (United States) (US), University of Global Health Equity (RW), Rwanda Biomedical Center (RW), Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (GT), Colorado State University (US), University of California, Berkeley (US)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Cancer Institute, Fogarty International Center, Common Fund
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