2024
Associations between gestational residential radon exposure and term low birthweight in Connecticut, USA.
Heo S, Li L, Son J, Koutrakis P, Bell M. Associations between gestational residential radon exposure and term low birthweight in Connecticut, USA. Epidemiology 2024 PMID: 39042464, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001771.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOdds ratioSingleton full-term birthsLow birth weight riskRadon exposureLow birthweightResidential radon exposureMaternal education levelLogistic regression modelsParticipant's addressFull-term birthImpaired fetal developmentInfant healthLow-incomeExposure to radonNational guidelinesExposure quartilesEducation levelGround-level exposuresExposure groupWeighted riskQuartile groupLow exposure groupReference groupFetal developmentGestational exposure
2023
Association of Ambient Temperature With the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Partnered Women in Low- and Middle-Income South Asian Countries
Zhu Y, He C, Bell M, Zhang Y, Fatmi Z, Zhang Y, Zaid M, Bachwenkizi J, Liu C, Zhou L, Chen R, Kan H. Association of Ambient Temperature With the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Partnered Women in Low- and Middle-Income South Asian Countries. JAMA Psychiatry 2023, 80: 952-961. PMID: 37379013, PMCID: PMC10308303, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of intimate partner violenceIntimate partner violence prevalenceIntimate partner violenceSouth Asian countriesMiddle-income countriesPartner violenceEmotional violenceRisk of intimate partner violencePrevalence of physical violenceInequality of womenAsian countriesAssociation of ambient temperatureMixed-effects multivariable logistic regression modelSexual violenceMultivariate logistic regression modelPartnered womenPhysical violenceCross-sectional studySelf-report questionnairesViolenceLogistic regression modelsPublic health problemSouth AsiaViolent eventsHealth SurveyShort-term association between ambient air pollution and cardio-respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cortes T, Silveira I, de Oliveira B, Bell M, Junger W. Short-term association between ambient air pollution and cardio-respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0281499. PMID: 36795640, PMCID: PMC9934392, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbient air pollutionCardio-respiratory mortalityShort-term associationsAir pollutionRespiratory mortalityExposure to particulate matter <Individual-level mortality dataOdds ratioIndividual exposure to air pollutionExposure to air pollutionCase-crossover study designHealth risk estimatesConditional logistic regression modelsConfidence intervalsEvaluation of public healthParticulate matter <Inverse distance weighting methodExposure assessment methodsIndividual-level dataDistributed lag non-linear modelLogistic regression modelsDistance weighting methodPM10 exposurePollution exposureRio de Janeiro