2024
Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment
Song Y, Deziel N, Bell M. Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 19178-19188. PMID: 39412270, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c06942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresEnvironmental exposure assessmentExposure of particulate matterUrban/rural disparitiesDemographic compositionHealth StudyHealth researchPopulation-basedClassification systemExposure assessmentSpatial patternsHealth impactsRural areasHealthRuralParticulate matterLand surface temperatureWest VirginiaUnited StatesSurface temperatureUrbanizationResearch questionsAssessmentDisparitiesExposureAccuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment
Clark C, Casey J, Bell M, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Accuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 512-517. PMID: 38448680, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00637-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-reported distanceWest Virginia residentsAssociated with adverse health outcomesVirginia residentsAdverse health outcomesExposure to environmental hazardsCohen's weighted kappaYears of educationSelf-reported dataHealth outcomesWest VirginiansSelf-report measuresIndicators of awarenessWeighted kappaSelf-reportDemographic characteristicsEducational attainmentAdverse health effectsSelf-reported metricsEnvironmental exposuresDistance categoriesHealth effectsResidentsExposure assessmentRisk
2022
The Intersection of Immigrant and Environmental Health: A Scoping Review of Observational Population Exposure and Epidemiologic Studies
Fong K, Heo S, Lim C, Kim H, Chan A, Lee W, Stewart R, Choi H, Son J, Bell M. The Intersection of Immigrant and Environmental Health: A Scoping Review of Observational Population Exposure and Epidemiologic Studies. Environmental Health Perspectives 2022, 130: 096001. PMID: 36053724, PMCID: PMC9438924, DOI: 10.1289/ehp9855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFull-text reviewHealth effectsEnvironmental exposuresHealth disparitiesAbstract reviewExposure disparitiesText reviewRace/ethnicityEligible studiesEpidemiologic studiesStudy exposureSocioeconomic characteristicsEnvironmental health disparitiesComparison groupMultiple studiesScoping ReviewHigh exposureExposureEnvironmental healthHealthCurrent knowledgeReviewPopulation exposureImmigrant statusDisparities
2018
Residential mobility during pregnancy in Urban Gansu, China
Tang Z, Zhang H, Bai H, Chen Y, Zhao N, Zhou M, Cui H, Lerro C, Lin X, Lv L, Zhang C, Zhang H, Xu R, Zhu D, Dang Y, Han X, Xu X, Lin R, Yao T, Su J, Ma B, Liu X, Wang Y, Wang W, Liu S, Luo J, Huang H, Liang J, Jiang M, Qiu W, Bell ML, Qiu J, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Residential mobility during pregnancy in Urban Gansu, China. Health & Place 2018, 53: 258-263. PMID: 30196043, PMCID: PMC6556377, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth outcomesMaternal complicationsPregnant womenLow birth weightAdverse birth outcomesEnvironmental exposuresBirth cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionTime of deliveryCohort studyPreterm birthThird trimesterBirth weightMaternal characteristicsMaternal residencePregnancyLogistic regressionComplicationsExposure misclassificationAsian populationsLower likelihoodBirth defectsDisease associationsOutcomesExposureResidential mobility of pregnant women and implications for assessment of spatially-varying environmental exposures
Bell ML, Banerjee G, Pereira G. Residential mobility of pregnant women and implications for assessment of spatially-varying environmental exposures. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2018, 28: 470-480. PMID: 29511287, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-018-0026-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Review of research on residential mobility during pregnancy: consequences for assessment of prenatal environmental exposures
Bell ML, Belanger K. Review of research on residential mobility during pregnancy: consequences for assessment of prenatal environmental exposures. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2012, 22: 429-438. PMID: 22617723, PMCID: PMC3543155, DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresCase-control studyResidential historyPrenatal environmental exposuresSecond trimesterPotential confoundersCurrent evidencePregnancyStudy designAlcohol useRisk estimatesExposure misclassificationSocioeconomic statusBirth defectsPotential misclassificationExposureMarried mothersResidential informationSmokingTrimesterConfoundersStudyMisclassification