ArticleEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2021
Exposure to household air pollutants and endothelial dysfunction in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.
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- Household energy use and health in low-income and middle-income countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2026Review
- Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes in Women and Children in Bangladesh.Current environmental health reports · 2025Review
- Exposomic Determinants of Atherosclerosis: Recent Evidence.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2025Review
- Reduction of household air pollution through clean fuel intervention and recovery of cellular immune balance.Environment international · 2023Article
- Arsenic exposure from drinking water and endothelial dysfunction in Bangladeshi adolescents.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Association of household air pollution with cellular and humoral immune responses among women in rural Bangladesh.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
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Abstract
More than one third of world's population use biomass fuel for cooking that has been linked to an array of adverse health hazards including cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. As part of Bangladesh Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEO Health) project, we assessed whether household air pollution (HAP) was associated with dysfunction in microvascular circulation (measured by reactive hyperemia index [RHI]).
methodsWe measured exposure to HAP (particulate matter [PM2.5], carbon monoxide [CO], and black carbon [BC]) for 48 hours of 200 healthy nonsmoker adult females who used biomass fuel for cooking. Exposure to PM2.5 and BC were measured using personal monitor, RTI MicroPEM (RTI International, NC) with an internal filter that had been both pre- and post-weighed to capture the deposited pollutants concentration. Lascar CO logger was used to measure CO. Endothelial function was measured by forearm blood flow dilatation response to brachial artery occlusion using RHI based on peripheral artery tonometry. A low RHI score (<1.67) indicates impaired endothelial function.
resultsAverage 48 hours personal exposure to PM2.5 and BC were 144.15 μg/m
conclusionsIn conclusion, HAP was not associated with endothelial dysfunction among nonsmoking females in rural Bangladesh who used biomass fuel for cooking for years.
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