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Laura Nicolaou

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Verified email at jhu.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Effects of Cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass on Stunting in Infants

W Checkley, LM Thompson, SS Sinharoy… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Household air pollution is associated with stunted growth in infants. Whether
the replacement of biomass fuel (eg, wood, dung, or agricultural crop waste) with liquefied …

[HTML][HTML] Liquefied petroleum gas or biomass cooking and severe infant pneumonia

ED McCollum, JP McCracken, MA Kirby… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Exposure to household air pollution is a risk factor for severe pneumonia. The
effect of replacing biomass cookstoves with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstoves on …

Factors associated with head circumference and indices of cognitive development in early childhood

L Nicolaou, T Ahmed, ZA Bhutta, P Bessong… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Background While head circumference (HC) has been related to intracranial volume and
brain size, its association with cognitive function remains unclear. We sought to understand …

Living at high altitude and COVID-19 mortality in Peru

L Nicolaou, A Steinberg, RM Carrillo-Larco… - … Altitude Medicine & …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Nicolaou, Laura, Anne Steinberg, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Stella Hartinger, Andres G.
Lescano, and William Checkley. Living at high altitude and COVID-19 mortality in Peru. High …

[HTML][HTML] Cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass and fetal growth outcomes: a multi-country randomised controlled trial

W Checkley, LM Thompson, S Hossen… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Household air pollution might lead to fetal growth restriction during pregnancy.
We aimed to investigate whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Characterising viable virus from air exhaled by H1N1 influenza-infected ferrets reveals the importance of haemagglutinin stability for airborne infectivity

A Singanayagam, J Zhou, RA Elderfield, R Frise… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The transmissibility and pandemic potential of influenza viruses depends on their ability to
efficiently replicate and be released from an infected host, retain viability as they pass …

Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove intervention on gestational blood pressure: Intention-to-treat and exposure-response findings from the HAPIN trial

W Ye, K Steenland, A Quinn, J Liao, K Balakrishnan… - …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Approximately 3 to 4 billion people worldwide are exposed to household air
pollution, which has been associated with increased blood pressure (BP) in pregnant …

Differences between cigarette smoking and biomass smoke exposure: An in silico comparative assessment of particulate deposition in the lungs

L Nicolaou, W Checkley - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoking and biomass smoke are the two main environmental risk factors of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) worldwide. However, it remains unclear why …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-sectional analysis of the association between personal exposure to household air pollution and blood pressure in adult women: Evidence from the multi …

L Nicolaou, L Underhill, S Hossen, S Simkovich… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a leading risk factor for the global burden of disease.
Household air pollution (HAP), resulting from the burning of biomass fuels, may be an …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove intervention on stillbirth, congenital anomalies and neonatal mortality: A multi-country household air pollution …

A Younger, W Ye, A Alkon, K Harknett, MA Kirby… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels used during pregnancy has
been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Household Air Pollution …