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ArticleEnvironment international2022

Occupational exposures to particulate matter and PM

Lawrencia Kwarteng, Amila M Devasurendra, Zoey Laskaris, John Arko-Mensah, Afua A Amoabeng Nti, Sylvia Takyi, Augustine A Acquah, Duah Dwomoh, Nil Basu, Thomas Robins and 2 more

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Article in Environment international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Lawrencia KwartengDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Amila M DevasurendraDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Zoey LaskarisDepartment of Epidemiology, 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.
Afua A Amoabeng NtiDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Sylvia TakyiDepartment of Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG13, Accra, Ghana.
Augustine A AcquahDepartment 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.
Nil BasuFaculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.
Thomas RobinsDepartment 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.
Stuart BattermanDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: stuartb@umich.edu.

Funding

Strategic Vision & Impact on Environmental HealthP30ES017885 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Dana Dolinoy · 2011 to 2026
$21.3M
1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER II for GEOHealth-USAU2RTW010110 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FOBIL, JULIUS N., ROBINS, THOMAS G · 2015 to 2019
$1.3M
1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER II for GEOHealth-GhanaU01TW010103 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF GHANA · PI FOBIL, JULIUS N., ROBINS, THOMAS G · 2015 to 2020
$763k
FIC NIH HHS U01 TW010103FIC NIH HHS U2R TW010110NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES017885NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008455
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic waste (e-waste) disposal and recycling activities such as burning and smelting can emit particulate matter (PM), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and other pollutants that expose workers and nearby communities. At informal e-waste recycling facilities, both emission controls and protective measures for workers are absent. This study characterizes personal exposures (breathing zone) of PM and PAHs of e-waste workers at the large Agbogbloshie e-waste site in Accra, Ghana. We collected gravimetric and optical measurements of PM

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Air PollutantsElectronic WasteOccupational ExposurePolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsEnvironmental MonitoringGhanaHumansParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate MatterPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsAir pollutionBreathing zoneOccupational exposurePersonal samplingPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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PMID34991242
PMCPMC8745907

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