2024
Global, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study
Zhao Q, Li S, Ye T, Wu Y, Gasparrini A, Tong S, Urban A, Vicedo-Cabrera A, Tobias A, Armstrong B, Royé D, Lavigne E, de’Donato F, Sera F, Kan H, Schwartz J, Pascal M, Ryti N, Goodman P, Saldiva P, Bell M, Guo Y, Network O. Global, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study. PLOS Medicine 2024, 21: e1004364. PMID: 38743771, PMCID: PMC11093289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMortality burdenExcess deathsGlobal mortality burdenTemporal changesAssociated with heatwavesMultivariate meta-regressionAdaptation planningGeographic disparitiesNational burdenLow-incomeClimate changeHeatwavesMeta-regressionPremature deathSector adaptationDaily deathsClimateLack of dataResidentsBurdenDisparitiesDeath ratioAssociationEstimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5)
Yu W, Xu R, Ye T, Abramson M, Morawska L, Jalaludin B, Johnston F, Henderson S, Knibbs L, Morgan G, Lavigne E, Heyworth J, Hales S, Marks G, Woodward A, Bell M, Samet J, Song J, Li S, Guo Y. Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5). The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e146-e155. PMID: 38453380, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00003-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure to fine particulate matterFine particulate matterExposure-response functionsGlobal mortality burdenParticulate matterShort-term exposure to fine particulate matterShort-term exposure to air pollutionExposure to air pollutionUrban areasHealth effects of short-termGlobal urban areasAcute health effectsAnnual population countsAir pollutionMortality burdenHuman healthSpatiotemporal variationsEstimates of mortalityExposure levelsMitigation strategiesPopulation countsPremature deathTheoretical minimum risk exposure levelEffects of short-termLag effect
2023
Exposures to ambient particulate matter are associated with reduced adult earnings potential
Swetschinski L, Fong K, Morello-Frosch R, Marshall J, Bell M. Exposures to ambient particulate matter are associated with reduced adult earnings potential. Environmental Research 2023, 232: 116391. PMID: 37308068, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116391.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
“What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health”
West JJ, Cohen A, Dentener F, Brunekreef B, Zhu T, Armstrong B, Bell ML, Brauer M, Carmichael G, Costa DL, Dockery DW, Kleeman M, Krzyzanowski M, Künzli N, Liousse C, Lung SC, Martin RV, Pöschl U, Pope CA, Roberts JM, Russell AG, Wiedinmyer C. “What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health”. Environmental Science And Technology 2016, 50: 4895-4904. PMID: 27010639, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03827.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Premature Mortality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Associated with Particulate Matter Air Pollution from the 1991 Gulf War
White R, Stineman C, Symons J, Breysse P, Kim S, Bell M, Samet J. Premature Mortality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Associated with Particulate Matter Air Pollution from the 1991 Gulf War. Human And Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal 2008, 14: 645-664. DOI: 10.1080/10807030802235052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDaily time-series studiesBaseline mortality ratesParticulate matter air pollutionMatter air pollutionNon-accidental deathsNon-accidental mortalityM3 increasePM10 exposurePremature mortalityMortality rateExposure-response functionsTime-series studyPremature deathMortalityDeathRelative risk functionGulf WarAir pollution levelsSaudi citizensSaudi Arabia