2023
Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe
Zafeiratou S, Samoli E, Analitis A, Gasparrini A, Stafoggia M, Donato F, Rao S, Zhang S, Breitner S, Masselot P, Aunan K, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, team O. Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe. Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 7: e269. PMID: 37840857, PMCID: PMC10569755, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea-level factorsRespiratory mortalityEffect modificationArea-level characteristicsMultilevel random effects modelsRandom-effects meta-analysisTemperature-mortality associationsSex-specific modelsTime-series studyRandom-effects modelPoisson regressionSmall-area scaleCity-wide dataNational levelVulnerable subgroupsMortality countsMeta-analysisNon-urban areasMortalityDevelopment of targeted policiesWalesEnglandCentral‐northern EuropeNorwayAssociation
2022
Short-term effects of ultrafine particles on heart rate variability: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhang S, Breitner S, Pickford R, Lanki T, Okokon E, Morawska L, Samoli E, Rodopoulou S, Stafoggia M, Renzi M, Schikowski T, Zhao Q, Schneider A, Peters A. Short-term effects of ultrafine particles on heart rate variability: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution 2022, 314: 120245. PMID: 36162563, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term effects of ultrafine particlesMeta-analysisHeart rate variabilitySystematic reviewEffects of ultrafine particlesSynthesized effect estimatesShort-term effectsSingle-pollutant modelsStudy systematically reviewsRisk of biasMeta-analyzed studiesAssociated with decreased HRVNormal-to-normal intervalsRandom-effects modelR-R interval differencesWeb of ScienceOutcome measuresEffect estimatesPooled estimatesRate variabilityExposure to ambient ultrafine particlesEpidemiological studiesMeta-analyzedRatio of low-frequency to high-frequency powerCardiovascular disease
2020
Meta-analysis on short-term exposure to ambient ultrafine particles and respiratory morbidity
Samoli E, Rodopoulou S, Schneider A, Morawska L, Stafoggia M, Renzi M, Breitner S, Lanki T, Pickford R, Schikowski T, Okokon E, Zhang S, Zhao Q, Peters A. Meta-analysis on short-term exposure to ambient ultrafine particles and respiratory morbidity. European Respiratory Review 2020, 29: 200116. PMID: 33115789, PMCID: PMC9488642, DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0116-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory hospital admissionsHospital admissionUltrafine particle effectsMeta-analysisFixed- and random-effects modelsChildren aged 0Emergency room visitsExposure to ambient particlesRandom-effects modelStatistically significant associationWeb of ScienceRespiratory morbidityExposure lagUpdate previous reviewsRespiratory healthEffect modifiersOutcome measuresRelative riskAssess heterogeneityRoom visitsSystematic reviewAged 0Meta-analysesSignificant associationExposure to ambient ultrafine particles