2025
Heterogeneous associations between short-term ambient ozone exposure and morbidities from infants to seniors: A nationwide case-crossover study in South Korea
Ahn S, Kang C, Oh J, Yun H, Ahn S, Kim A, Kwon D, Park J, Jang H, Kim E, Bell M, Kim H, Lee W. Heterogeneous associations between short-term ambient ozone exposure and morbidities from infants to seniors: A nationwide case-crossover study in South Korea. Journal Of Hazardous Materials Advances 2025, 17: 100531. DOI: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchED admissionMental disordersWarm-season ozoneTargeted public health policiesCase-crossover designNational Health Insurance databaseCase-crossover studyMiddle-aged populationPublic health policiesIndividuals aged 0Health Insurance DatabaseED admission dataHealth policyExcess riskRespiratory diseaseAmbient ozoneAmbient ozone exposureShort-term ozoneEmergency departmentAdmission dataAdmission costsInsurance DatabaseAged 0Heterogeneous associationsAdult age
2023
Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Lee W, Wu X, Heo S, Kim J, Fong K, Son J, Sabath M, Trisovic A, Braun D, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Schwartz J, Kim H, Dominici F, Al-Aly Z, Bell M. Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023, 131: 047008. PMID: 37036790, PMCID: PMC10084931, DOI: 10.1289/ehp10729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryFirst hospital admissionLongitudinal cohort studyHospital admissionKidney injuryCohort studyHazard ratioPopulation-based longitudinal cohort studyU.S. Medicare populationYears of ageAir pollution exposureNationwide Medicare dataPublic health policyCurrent National Ambient Air Quality StandardHealth care expendituresKidney functionDisease burdenMedicare populationMedicare dataLong-term exposureAdmissionPollution exposureHealth policyCare expendituresEffect estimatesHeat-mortality relationship in North Carolina: Comparison using different exposure methods
Choi H, Bell M. Heat-mortality relationship in North Carolina: Comparison using different exposure methods. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 33: 637-645. PMID: 37029251, PMCID: PMC10403356, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00544-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferent exposure methodsMortality riskHeat-mortality relationshipLower odds ratioCase-crossover analysisBackgroundMany studiesOdds ratioExposure methodHealth policyMinimum mortality temperatureRiskExposureIndividual-level dataComparability of resultsIndividual deathNorth CarolinaHeat-mortality associationsMethodsWe