Search Results - "Sierra Clark"

Environmental noise and health in low-middle-income-countries: A systematic review of epidemiological evidence by Chen, Yingxin, Hansell, Anna L., Clark, Sierra N., Cai, Yutong Samuel

“…Evidence of the health impacts from environmental noise has largely been drawn from studies in high-income countries, which has then been used to inform…”
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Spatial assessment of the attributable burden of disease due to transportation noise in England by Jephcote, Calvin, Clark, Sierra N., Hansell, Anna L., Jones, Nigel, Chen, Yingxin, Blackmore, Claire, Eminson, Katie, Evans, Megan, Gong, Xiangpu, Adams, Kathryn, Rodgers, Georgia, Fenech, Benjamin, Gulliver, John

“…[Display omitted] Noise pollution from transportation is one of the leading contributors to the environmental disease burden in Europe. We provide a novel…”
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The Oxidative Potential of Personal and Household PM2.5 in a Rural Setting in Southwestern China by Brehmer, Collin, Lai, Alexandra, Clark, Sierra, Shan, Ming, Ni, Kun, Ezzati, Majid, Yang, Xudong, Baumgartner, Jill, Schauer, James J, Carter, Ellison

“…The chemical constituents of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) vary by source and capacity to participate in redox reactions in the body, which produce cytotoxic…”
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High-resolution patterns and inequalities in ambient fine particle mass (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) in the Greater Accra Metropolis, Ghana by Alli, Abosede S., Clark, Sierra N., Wang, Jiayuan, Bennett, James, Hughes, Allison F., Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael, Nimo, James, Bedford-Moses, Josephine, Baah, Solomon, Cavanaugh, Alicia, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Owusu, George, Baumgartner, Jill, Arku, Raphael E.

“…Growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience high levels of ambient air pollution. However, sparse long-term city-wide air pollution exposure data…”
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Small area variations and factors associated with blood pressure and body-mass index in adult women in Accra, Ghana: Bayesian spatial analysis of a representative population survey and census data by Clark, Sierra N, Bennett, James E, Arku, Raphael E, Hill, Allan G, Fink, Günther, Adanu, Richard M, Biritwum, Richard B, Darko, Rudolph, Bawah, Ayaga, Duda, Rosemary B, Ezzati, Majid

“…Body-mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) levels are rising in sub-Saharan African cities, particularly among women. However, there is very limited…”
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Spatial modelling and inequalities of environmental noise in Accra, Ghana by Clark, Sierra N., Alli, Abosede S., Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael, Toledano, Mireille B., Nimo, James, Moses, Josephine Bedford, Baah, Solomon, Hughes, Allison, Cavanaugh, Alicia, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Owusu, George, Robinson, Brian, Baumgartner, Jill, Bennett, James E., Arku, Raphael E.

“…Noise pollution is a growing environmental health concern in rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities. However, limited city-wide data constitutes a…”
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Spatial-temporal patterns of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) pollution in Accra by Alli, Abosede S, Clark, Sierra N, Hughes, Allison, Nimo, James, Bedford-Moses, Josephine, Baah, Solomon, Wang, Jiayuan, Vallarino, Jose, Agyemang, Ernest, Barratt, Benjamin, Beddows, Andrew, Kelly, Frank, Owusu, George, Baumgartner, Jill, Brauer, Michael, Ezzati, Majid, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Arku, Raphael E

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rapidly urbanizing, and ambient air pollution has emerged as a major environmental health concern in growing cities. Yet, effective…”
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Inequalities in urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa: an empirical modeling of ambient NO and NO2 concentrations in Accra, Ghana by Wang, Jiayuan, Alli, Abosede S, Clark, Sierra N, Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael, Hughes, Allison F, Nimo, James, Moses, Josephine Bedford, Baah, Solomon, Nathvani, Ricky, D, Vishwanath, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Baumgartner, Jill, Bennett, James E, Arku, Raphael E

“…Road traffic has become the leading source of air pollution in fast-growing sub-Saharan African cities. Yet, there is a dearth of robust city-wide data for…”
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Beyond here and now: Evaluating pollution estimation across space and time from street view images with deep learning by Nathvani, Ricky, D., Vishwanath, Clark, Sierra N., Alli, Abosede S., Muller, Emily, Coste, Henri, Bennett, James E., Nimo, James, Moses, Josephine Bedford, Baah, Solomon, Hughes, Allison, Suel, Esra, Metzler, Antje Barbara, Rashid, Theo, Brauer, Michael, Baumgartner, Jill, Owusu, George, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Arku, Raphael E., Ezzati, Majid

“…Advances in computer vision, driven by deep learning, allows for the inference of environmental pollution and its potential sources from images. The spatial…”
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Space-time characterization of community noise and sound sources in Accra, Ghana by Clark, Sierra N., Alli, Abosede S., Nathvani, Ricky, Hughes, Allison, Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael, Toledano, Mireille B., Baumgartner, Jill, Bennett, James E., Nimo, James, Bedford Moses, Josephine, Baah, Solomon, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Owusu, George, Croft, Briony, Arku, Raphael E.

“…Urban noise pollution is an emerging public health concern in growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but the sound environment in SSA cities is…”
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Longitudinal evaluation of a household energy package on blood pressure, central hemodynamics, and arterial stiffness in China by Clark, Sierra N., Schmidt, Alexandra M., Carter, Ellison M., Schauer, James J., Yang, Xudong, Ezzati, Majid, Daskalopoulou, Stella S., Baumgartner, Jill

“…Cardiovascular diseases are the leading contributors to disease burden in China and globally, and household air pollution exposure is associated with risk of…”
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High-resolution spatiotemporal measurement of air and environmental noise pollution in Sub-Saharan African cities: Pathways to Equitable Health Cities Study protocol for Accra, Ghana by Clark, Sierra N, Alli, Abosede S, Brauer, Michael, Ezzati, Majid, Baumgartner, Jill, Toledano, Mireille B, Hughes, Allison F, Nimo, James, Bedford Moses, Josephine, Terkpertey, Solomon, Vallarino, Jose, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Agyemang, Ernest, Nathvani, Ricky, Muller, Emily, Bennett, James, Wang, Jiayuan, Beddows, Andrew, Kelly, Frank, Barratt, Benjamin, Beevers, Sean, Arku, Raphael E

“…IntroductionAir and noise pollution are emerging environmental health hazards in African cities, with potentially complex spatial and temporal patterns…”
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Characterisation of urban environment and activity across space and time using street images and deep learning in Accra by Nathvani, Ricky, Clark, Sierra N., Muller, Emily, Alli, Abosede S., Bennett, James E., Nimo, James, Moses, Josephine Bedford, Baah, Solomon, Metzler, A. Barbara, Brauer, Michael, Suel, Esra, Hughes, Allison F., Rashid, Theo, Gemmell, Emily, Moulds, Simon, Baumgartner, Jill, Toledano, Mireille, Agyemang, Ernest, Owusu, George, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Arku, Raphael E., Ezzati, Majid

“…The urban environment influences human health, safety and wellbeing. Cities in Africa are growing faster than other regions but have limited data to guide…”
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What you see is what you breathe? Estimating air pollution spatial variation using street level imagery by Suel, Esra, Sorek-Hamer, Meytar, Moise, Izabela, von Pohle, Michael, Sahasrabhojanee, Adwait, Asanjan, Ata Akbari, Arku, Raphael E, Alli, Abosede S, Barratt, Benjamin, Clark, Sierra N, Middel, Ariane, Deardorff, Emily, Lingenfelter, Violet, Oza, Nikunj, Yadav, Nishant, Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael

“…High spatial resolution information on urban air pollution levels is unavailable in many areas globally, partially due to high input data needs of existing…”
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A user-centered, iterative engineering approach for advanced biomass cookstove design and development by Shan, Ming, Carter, Ellison, Baumgartner, Jill, Deng, Mengsi, Clark, Sierra, Schauer, James J, Ezzati, Majid, Li, Jiarong, Fu, Yu, Yang, Xudong

“…Unclean combustion of solid fuel for cooking and other household energy needs leads to severe household air pollution and adverse health impacts in adults and…”
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Is the effect of precipitation on acute gastrointestinal illness in southwestern Uganda different between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities? by Busch, Johanna, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Clark, Sierra, Patterson, Kaitlin, Windfeld, Emma, Donnelly, Blanaid, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, Harper, Sherilee L

“…Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) is a global public health priority that often disproportionately effects Indigenous populations. While previous research…”
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Mosquito Net Ownership and Use in an Indigenous Batwa Population after a Targeted Distribution by Clark, Sierra, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, Twesigomwe, Sabastian, Kulkarni, Manisha

“…Major efforts for malaria prevention programs have gone into scaling up ownership and use of insecticidal mosquito nets, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa…”
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The Burden of Respiratory Disease from Formaldehyde, Damp and Mould in English Housing by Sierra N. Clark, Holly C. Y. Lam, Emma-Jane Goode, Emma L. Marczylo, Karen S. Exley, Sani Dimitroulopoulou

“…Quantifying the burden of disease from exposure to poor indoor air pollution can support policy development. In England, there is current regulatory and public…”
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Acute gastrointestinal illness in an African Indigenous population: The lived experience of Uganda's Batwa by Patterson, Kaitlin, Clark, Sierra, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, Twebaze, Fortunate, Research Team, IHACC, Harper, Sherilee

“…Introduction: Indigenous populations in low-income regions are often the most acutely affected by social gradients that impact health, including high burdens…”
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Personal exposure to PM2.5 of indoor and outdoor origin in two neighboring Chinese communities with contrasting household fuel use patterns by Li, Xiaoying, Clark, Sierra, Floess, Emily, Baumgartner, Jill, Bond, Tami, Carter, Ellison

“…The Chinese government is replacing high-polluting, household coal heating stoves with electricity- and natural gas-powered heaters to improve ambient air…”
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