2021
Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with chronic sleep deprivation in adults from 141 urban communities in South Korea: a community-level longitudinal study, 2008‒2016
Lee W, Seo D, Myung W, Prifti K, Kang C, Jang H, Park C, Bell M, Kim H. Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with chronic sleep deprivation in adults from 141 urban communities in South Korea: a community-level longitudinal study, 2008‒2016. Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences 2021, 30: e57. PMCID: PMC8356258, DOI: 10.1017/s2045796021000433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic sleep deprivationYounger age groupsSleep outcomesAge groupsSleep deprivationSleep durationKorean Community Health SurveyEffects modelMixed effects modelsCommunity Health SurveyShort sleep durationMean sleep durationOlder age groupsLong-term interventionsEpidemiological evidenceHealth SurveyHealth behaviorsLong-term exposureSleep deficiencyLinear mixed effects modelsOutcomesLongitudinal studyAir pollutionAssociationDeprivation
2016
Fine Particulates, Preterm Birth, and Membrane Rupture in Rochester, NY
Pereira G, Evans KA, Rich DQ, Bracken MB, Bell ML. Fine Particulates, Preterm Birth, and Membrane Rupture in Rochester, NY. Epidemiology 2016, 27: 66-73. PMID: 26247489, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthPrelabor ruptureWhole pregnancyOdds ratioSame womenElevated PM2.5 exposureConditional logistic regressionFine particulate exposureIndividual-level confoundersThird trimesterFirst trimesterSecond trimesterPregnancyPM2.5 exposureTrimesterLogistic regressionParticulate exposureBirthLongitudinal studyLow exposureWomen comparisonsMembrane ruptureRuptureWomenExposure
2015
Sources of Fine Particulate Matter and Risk of Preterm Birth in Connecticut 2000–06: A Longitudinal Study.
Pereira G, Bell M, Lee H, Koutrakis P, Belanger K. Sources of Fine Particulate Matter and Risk of Preterm Birth in Connecticut 2000–06: A Longitudinal Study. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2015, 44: i59-i59. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv097.219.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Fine particulate matter and risk of preterm birth and pre-labor rupture of membranes in Perth, Western Australia 1997–2007: A longitudinal study
Pereira G, Bell ML, Belanger K, de Klerk N. Fine particulate matter and risk of preterm birth and pre-labor rupture of membranes in Perth, Western Australia 1997–2007: A longitudinal study. Environment International 2014, 73: 143-149. PMID: 25118087, PMCID: PMC4259049, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-labour rupturePreterm birthOdds ratioSecond trimesterElevated PM2.5 exposureRisk of PROMCorresponding odds ratiosConditional logistic regressionLongitudinal studyFine particulate exposureWhole pregnancyRecent longitudinal studiesThird trimesterFirst trimesterSingleton birthsUS cohortAustralian cohortInsufficient evidencePM2.5 exposureTrimesterPregnancySame womenAustralia 1997Particulate exposureLogistic regression