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ArticleBMC public health2021

Personal exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability among informal electronic waste workers at Agbogbloshie: a longitudinal study.

Afua A Amoabeng Nti, Thomas G Robins, John Arko Mensah, Duah Dwomoh, Lawrencia Kwarteng, Sylvia A Takyi, Augustine Acquah, Niladri Basu, Stuart Batterman, Julius N Fobil

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Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Health Risks Associated with Informal Electronic Waste Recycling in Africa: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Afua A Amoabeng NtiDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana. aaamoabeng_nti001@st.ug.edu.gh.
Thomas G RobinsDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
John Arko MensahDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Duah DwomohDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Lawrencia KwartengDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Sylvia A TakyiDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Augustine AcquahDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Niladri BasuFaculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
Stuart BattermanDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Julius N FobilDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.

Funding

Strategic Vision & Impact on Environmental HealthP30ES017885 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Dana Dolinoy · 2011 to 2026
$21.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES017885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInformal electronic waste recycling activities are major contributors to ambient air pollution, yet studies assessing the effects or relationship between direct/continuous exposure of informal e-waste workers to particulate matter and cardiovascular function are rare.

methodsRepeated measurements of fractions of PM

resultsSDNN, RMSSD, LF, HF and LH/HF ratio were all associated with PM. Significant associations were observed for PM

conclusionInformal e-waste workers are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease from cardiac autonomic dysfunction as seen in reduced HRV and increased heart rate.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsElectronic WasteEnvironmental ExposureHeart RateHumansLongitudinal StudiesParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate MatterCardiac functionHeart rate variability, Agbogbloshie, Madina-ZongoInformal e-waste recycling, PM2.5Personal particulate matterPM10PM 10–2.5

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PMID34823492
PMCPMC8613947

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