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ArticleEnvironmental research2022

Spatial modelling and inequalities of environmental noise in Accra, Ghana.

Sierra N Clark, Abosede S Alli, Majid Ezzati, Michael Brauer, Mireille B Toledano, James Nimo, Josephine Bedford Moses, Solomon Baah, Allison Hughes, Alicia Cavanaugh and 6 more

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Article in Environmental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sierra N ClarkDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Abosede S AlliDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Majid EzzatiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Michael BrauerSchool of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Mireille B ToledanoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
James NimoDepartment of Physics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Josephine Bedford MosesDepartment of Physics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Solomon BaahDepartment of Physics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Allison HughesDepartment of Physics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Alicia CavanaughDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Samuel Agyei-MensahDepartment of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
George OwusuInstitute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Brian RobinsonDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Jill BaumgartnerInstitute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
James E BennettDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. Electronic address: umahx99@imperial.ac.uk.
Raphael E ArkuDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Electronic address: rarku@umass.edu.

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council MR/S019669/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 209376/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noise pollution is a growing environmental health concern in rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities. However, limited city-wide data constitutes a major barrier to investigating health impacts as well as implementing environmental policy in this growing population. As such, in this first of its kind study in West Africa, we measured, modelled and predicted environmental noise across the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) in Ghana, and evaluated inequalities in exposures by socioeconomic factors. Specifically, we measured environmental noise at 146 locations with weekly (n = 136 locations) and yearlong monitoring (n = 10 locations). We combined these data with geospatial and meteorological predictor variables to develop high-resolution land use regression (LUR) models to predict annual average noise levels (LAeq

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Noise, TransportationCitiesEnvironmental ExposureEpidemiologic StudiesGhanaEnvironmental noiseIntermittency ratioLand use regressionRoad-traffic noiseSocioeconomic statusSub-Saharan Africa

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PMID35868576
PMCPMC9441709

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