Publications since 2019

• Short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter and cause-specific mortality: A causal modeling approach in four regions.Marb A, Ma Y, Nobile F, Dubrow R, Kinney PL, Stafoggia M, Chen K, Peters A, Breitner S. Environ Pollut. 2025 May 1; 2025 Mar 13. PMID: 40089139.
• Reply: Strengthening Temperature-Stroke Associations: Methodologic Considerations.Chu L, Ma X, Chen K. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40204383.
• Estimating the Effects of Hypothetical Ambient PM2.5 Interventions on the Risk of Dementia Using the Parametric g-Formula in the UK Biobank Cohort.Lin C, Liu R, Sutton C, DeWan AT, Forastiere L, Chen K. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 Apr; 2025 Apr 16. PMID: 40062909.
• Floods and cause-specific mortality in the United States applying a triply robust approach.Chu L, Warren JL, Spatz ES, Lowe S, Lu Y, Ma X, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Chen K. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 23; 2025 Mar 23. PMID: 40122917.
• Understanding the Cardiovascular Impacts of Heatwaves: Moving Beyond Simple Definitions.Chu L, Chen K. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Mar 17; 2025 Mar 17. PMID: 40131260.
• Short-Term Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset Among Younger Patients: Results From the VIRGO Study.Zhang S, Chu L, Lu Y, Wei J, Dubrow R, Chaudhry SI, Spatz E, Krumholz H, Chen K. Geohealth. 2025 Feb; 2025 Feb 18. PMID: 39968338.
• The Pathogenetic Link Between Ozone Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease.Schneider A, Chen K, Breitner S. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Feb 18; 2025 Jan 22. PMID: 39846937.
• EnvironMental Health: A Framework for an Emerging Field at the Intersection of the Environment and Mental Health Crises.Ratjen L, Goddard E, Gilcher EB, Nguyen BK, Kelley M, Feldman HS, Akalaonu K, Nyhan K, Backhaus A, López Lascurain M, Wyrtzen NE, Smiley Smith S, Prabhu M, Lowe SR, Chen K, Zimmerman JB, Anastas PT. Geohealth. 2025 Feb; 2025 Feb 14. PMID: 39958831.
• Long-term drought and risk of infant mortality in Africa: A cross-sectional study.Wang P, Rogne T, Warren JL, Asare EO, Akum RA, Toure NE, Ross JS, Chen K. PLoS Med. 2025 Jan; 2025 Jan 31. PMID: 39888958.
• Hot Under the Collar: Humidity, Heat, and Heart Rhythms.Al-Kindi S, Ardakani J, Chen K. JACC Adv. 2025 Jan; 2024 Dec 13. PMID: 39759437.
• Ambient Temperature and Stroke Risk Among Adults Aged 18-64 Years: A Case-Crossover Study.Chu L, Wang R, Gross CP, Chen K, Ma X. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Dec 3; 2024 Oct 23. PMID: 39453364.
• Fire Smoke Elevated the Carbonaceous PM(2.5) Concentration and Mortality Burden in the Contiguous U.S. and Southern Canada.Jin Z, Ferrada GA, Zhang D, Scovronick N, Fu JS, Chen K, Liu Y. Res Sq. 2024 Nov 21; 2024 Nov 21. PMID: 39606454.
• Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis.He C, Breitner-Busch S, Huber V, Chen K, Zhang S, Gasparrini A, Bell M, Kan H, Royé D, Armstrong B, Schwartz J, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Honda Y, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti N, Kyselý J, Guo Y, Tong S, de'Donato F, Michelozzi P, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Lavigne E, Orru H, Indermitte E, Pascal M, Goodman P, Zeka A, Kim Y, Diaz MH, Arellano EEF, Overcenco A, Klompmaker J, Rao S, Palomares AD, Carrasco G, Seposo X, Pereira da Silva SDN, Madureira J, Holobaca IH, Scovronick N, Acquaotta F, Kim H, Lee W, Hashizume M, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Pan SC, Osorio S, Li S, Zanobetti A, Dang TN, Van Dung D, Schneider A. BMJ. 2024 Oct 9; 2024 Oct 9. PMID: 39384295.
• Long-term exposure to wildland fire smoke PM(2.5) and mortality in the contiguous United States.Ma Y, Zang E, Liu Y, Wei J, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Bell ML, Chen K. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct; 2024 Sep 24. PMID: 39316057.
• Landscape Fire Air Pollution as a Mediator in Drought and Childhood Stunting Pathway in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Li JJ, Wang P, Sutton C, Harker R, Xue T, Chen K. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Sep 24; 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 39259849.
• Balancing the Climate Equation: The Unseen Cardiovascular Threat of Cold Spells in a Warming World.Chen K, Nasir K. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Sep 24; 2024 Sep 1. PMID: 39230542.
• High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study.Rogne T, Wang R, Wang P, Deziel NC, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Chen K, Warren JL, Ma X. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Jul. PMID: 38969477.
• Long-term exposure to wildland fire smoke PM(2.5) and mortality in the contiguous United States.Ma Y, Zang E, Liu Y, Wei J, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Bell ML, Chen K. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 11; 2024 Jun 11. PMID: 36778437.
• Comprehensive evaluation framework for intervention on health effects of ambient temperature.Wang J, Wang P, Liu B, Kinney PL, Huang L, Chen K. Eco Environ Health. 2024 Jun; 2024 Jan 28. PMID: 38646097.
• Air pollution changes due to COVID-19 lockdowns and attributable mortality changes in four countries.Ma Y, Nobile F, Marb A, Dubrow R, Kinney PL, Peters A, Stafoggia M, Breitner S, Chen K. Environ Int. 2024 May; 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38640613.
• A unified framework for assessing interaction effects among environmental exposures in epidemiologic studies: A case study on temperature, air pollution, and kidney-related conditions in New York state.Chu L, Chen K, Yang Z, Crowley S, Dubrow R. Environ Res. 2024 May 1; 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38301759.
• Short-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Nitrogen Dioxide and Mortality in 4 Countries.Ma Y, Nobile F, Marb A, Dubrow R, Stafoggia M, Breitner S, Kinney PL, Chen K. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4; 2024 Mar 4. PMID: 38427355.
• Bidirectional modification effects on nonlinear associations of summer temperature and air pollution with first-ever stroke morbidity.Yang C, Lei L, Li Y, Huang C, Chen K, Bao J. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024 Mar 1; 2024 Feb 3. PMID: 38310820.
• Impact of population aging on future temperature-related mortality at different global warming levels.Chen K, de Schrijver E, Sivaraj S, Sera F, Scovronick N, Jiang L, Roye D, Lavigne E, Kyselý J, Urban A, Schneider A, Huber V, Madureira J, Mistry MN, Cvijanovic I, Gasparrini A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 27; 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38413648.
• Ozone-related acute excess mortality projected to increase in the absence of climate and air quality controls consistent with the Paris Agreement.Domingo NGG, Fiore AM, Lamarque JF, Kinney PL, Jiang L, Gasparrini A, Breitner S, Lavigne E, Madureira J, Masselot P, das Neves Pereira da Silva S, Sheng Ng CF, Kyselý J, Guo Y, Tong S, Kan H, Urban A, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Pascal M, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Scortichini M, Stafoggia M, Hashizume M, Alahmad B, Diaz MH, la Cruz Valencia C, Scovronick N, Garland RM, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Pan SC, Colistro V, Bell M, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Schneider A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Chen K. One Earth. 2024 Feb 16. PMID: 38420618.
• Prioritizing the Exposome to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Burden.Spatz ES, Chen K, Krumholz HM. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 37955872.
• Integrating Augmented In Situ Measurements and a Spatiotemporal Machine Learning Model To Back Extrapolate Historical Particulate Matter Pollution over the United Kingdom: 1980-2019.Liu R, Ma Z, Gasparrini A, de la Cruz A, Bi J, Chen K. Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Dec 26; 2023 Dec 12. PMID: 38085698.
• Besieged on all sides: the future burden of high-temperature-related kidney disease.Chu L, Chen K. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2023 Dec; 2023 Oct 20. PMID: 37886030.
• Racial/ethnic disparities in PM(2.5)-attributable cardiovascular mortality burden in the United States.Ma Y, Zang E, Opara I, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Chen K. Nat Hum Behav. 2023 Dec; 2023 Aug 31. PMID: 37653149.
• Floods and Diarrhea Risk in Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Wang P, Asare EO, Pitzer VE, Dubrow R, Chen K. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Nov 1. PMID: 37782513.
• Canadian Wildfire Smoke and Asthma Syndrome Emergency Department Visits in New York City.Chen K, Ma Y, Bell ML, Yang W. JAMA. 2023 Oct 10. PMID: 37733685.
• Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Academic Performance Among Children in North Carolina.Lam PH, Zang E, Chen D, Liu R, Chen K. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2; 2023 Oct 2. PMID: 37906198.
• Future temperature-related excess mortality under climate change and population aging scenarios in Canada.Hebbern C, Gosselin P, Chen K, Chen H, Cakmak S, MacDonald M, Chagnon J, Dion P, Martel L, Lavigne E. Can J Public Health. 2023 Oct; 2023 Jun 12. PMID: 37308698.
• Nationwide projections of heat- and cold-related mortality impacts under various climate change and population development scenarios in Switzerland.de Schrijver E, Sivaraj S, Raible CC, Franco OH, Chen K, Vicedo-Cabrera AM. Environ Res Lett. 2023 Aug 11. PMID: 38854588.
• Associations between short-term exposure to PM(2.5), NO(2) and O(3) pollution and kidney-related conditions and the role of temperature-adjustment specification: A case-crossover study in New York state.Chu L, Chen K, Di Q, Crowley S, Dubrow R. Environ Pollut. 2023 Jul 1; 2023 Apr 11. PMID: 37054868.
• Assessment of Regional Nursing Home Preparedness for and Regulatory Responsiveness to Wildfire Risk in the Western US.Festa N, Throgmorton KF, Davis-Plourde K, Dosa DM, Chen K, Zang E, Kelly J, Gill TM. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1; 2023 Jun 1. PMID: 37358851.
• High Ambient Temperature in Pregnancy and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.Rogne T, Wang R, Wang P, Deziel NC, Metayer C, Wiemels JL, Chen K, Warren JL, Ma X. medRxiv. 2023 May 19; 2023 May 19. PMID: 37293058.
• Temperature variability and birthweight: Epidemiological evidence from Africa.Wang P, O'Donnell KJ, Warren JL, Dubrow R, Chen K. Environ Int. 2023 Mar; 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36841185.
• Associations between short-term temperature exposure and kidney-related conditions in New York State: The influence of temperature metrics across four dimensions.Chu L, Chen K, Crowley S, Dubrow R. Environ Int. 2023 Mar; 2023 Jan 30. PMID: 36841184.
• High-resolution spatiotemporal modeling of daily near-surface air temperature in Germany over the period 2000-2020.Nikolaou N, Dallavalle M, Stafoggia M, Bouwer LM, Peters A, Chen K, Wolf K, Schneider A. Environ Res. 2023 Feb 15; 2022 Dec 17. PMID: 36535393.
• Residential and Race/Ethnicity Disparities in Heat Vulnerability in the United States.Manware M, Dubrow R, Carrión D, Ma Y, Chen K. Geohealth. 2022 Dec; 2022 Dec 1. PMID: 36518814.
• Projecting future health burden associated with exposure to ambient PM(2.5) and ozone in China under different climate scenarios.Wang Y, Hu J, Huang L, Li T, Yue X, Xie X, Liao H, Chen K, Wang M. Environ Int. 2022 Nov; 2022 Sep 24. PMID: 36194980.
• Future temperature-related mortality considering physiological and socioeconomic adaptation: a modelling framework.Rai M, Breitner S, Wolf K, Peters A, Schneider A, Chen K. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 Oct. PMID: 36208641.
• Triggering of myocardial infarction by heat exposure is modified by medication intake.Chen K, Dubrow R, Breitner S, Wolf K, Linseisen J, Schmitz T, Heier M, von Scheidt W, Kuch B, Meisinger C, Peters A, Schneider A. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2022 Aug; 2022 Aug 1. PMID: 39196082.
• Associations between short-term ambient ozone exposure and cause-specific mortality in rural and urban areas of Jiangsu, China.Lin C, Ma Y, Liu R, Shao Y, Ma Z, Zhou L, Jing Y, Bell ML, Chen K. Environ Res. 2022 Aug; 2022 Mar 12. PMID: 35288156.
• Associations between long-term drought and diarrhea among children under five in low- and middle-income countries.Wang P, Asare E, Pitzer VE, Dubrow R, Chen K. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 30; 2022 Jun 30. PMID: 35773263.
• Public anxiety through various stages of COVID-19 coping: Evidence from China.Wu Y, Zhang T, Ye Z, Chen K, Kuijp JV, Sun X, Han G, Zhao Y, Liu Y, Huang L. PLoS One. 2022; 2022 Jun 16. PMID: 35709292.
• Short-term effects of cold spells on plasma viscosity: Results from the KORA cohort study in Augsburg, Germany.Ni W, Schneider A, Wolf K, Zhang S, Chen K, Koenig W, Peters A, Breitner S. Environ Pollut. 2022 Jun 1; 2022 Feb 26. PMID: 35231540.
• Predicting spatiotemporally-resolved mean air temperature over Sweden from satellite data using an ensemble model.Jin Z, Ma Y, Chu L, Liu Y, Dubrow R, Chen K. Environ Res. 2022 Mar; 2021 Aug 28. PMID: 34464620.
• Long-term ozone exposure and cognitive impairment among Chinese older adults: A cohort study.Gao Q, Zang E, Bi J, Dubrow R, Lowe SR, Chen H, Zeng Y, Shi L, Chen K. Environ Int. 2022 Feb; 2022 Jan 1. PMID: 34979350.
• Short-term associations between particulate matter air pollution and hospital admissions through the emergency room for urinary system disease in Beijing, China: A time-series study.Chu L, Du H, Li T, Lu F, Guo M, Dubrow R, Chen K. Environ Pollut. 2021 Nov 15; 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 34388554.
• Exposure and perception of PM(2.5) pollution on the mental stress of pregnant women.Li J, Huang L, Han B, van der Kuijp TJ, Xia Y, Chen K. Environ Int. 2021 Nov; 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34139481.
• Association between extreme temperatures and emergency room visits related to mental disorders: A multi-region time-series study in New York, USA.Yoo EH, Eum Y, Roberts JE, Gao Q, Chen K. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Oct 20; 2021 Jun 8. PMID: 34144243.
• Projection of Temperature-Related Excess Mortality by Integrating Population Adaptability Under Changing Climate - China, 2050s and 2080s.Sun Z, Wang Q, Chen C, Yang Y, Yan M, Du H, Chen K, Ji JS, Li T. China CDC Wkly. 2021 Aug 13. PMID: 34594971.
• Effect of extreme temperatures on daily emergency room visits for mental disorders.Yoo EH, Eum Y, Gao Q, Chen K. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Aug; 2021 Mar 22. PMID: 33751353.
• Solid fuels use for cooking and sleep health in adults aged 45 years and older in China.Yu H, Luo J, Chen K, Pollitt KJG, Liew Z. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 25; 2021 Jun 25. PMID: 34172775.
• Role of meteorological factors in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.Ma Y, Pei S, Shaman J, Dubrow R, Chen K. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 14; 2021 Jun 14. PMID: 34127665.
• Population ageing and deaths attributable to ambient PM(2·5) pollution: a global analysis of economic cost.Yin H, Brauer M, Zhang JJ, Cai W, Navrud S, Burnett R, Howard C, Deng Z, Kammen DM, Schellnhuber HJ, Chen K, Kan H, Chen ZM, Chen B, Zhang N, Mi Z, Coffman D, Cohen AJ, Guan D, Zhang Q, Gong P, Liu Z. Lancet Planet Health. 2021 Jun. PMID: 34119010.
• Ambient carbon monoxide and daily mortality: a global time-series study in 337 cities.Chen K, Breitner S, Wolf K, Stafoggia M, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Guo Y, Tong S, Lavigne E, Matus P, Valdés N, Kan H, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti NRI, Huber V, Scortichini M, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Nunes B, Madureira J, Holobâcă IH, Fratianni S, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Chen BY, Li S, Milojevic A, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Gasparrini A, Schneider A. Lancet Planet Health. 2021 Apr. PMID: 33838734.
• Particulate matter pollution and risk of outpatient visits for psychological diseases in Nanjing, China.Lowe SR, Wang C, Ma Y, Chen K. Environ Res. 2021 Feb; 2020 Dec 8. PMID: 33307087.
• Role of air temperature and humidity in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.Ma Y, Pei S, Shaman J, Dubrow R, Chen K. medRxiv. 2020 Nov 16; 2020 Nov 16. PMID: 33236018.
• Burden of cause-specific mortality attributable to heat and cold: A multicity time-series study in Jiangsu Province, China.Ma Y, Zhou L, Chen K. Environ Int. 2020 Nov; 2020 Jul 31. PMID: 32745780.
• Projections of Ambient Temperature- and Air Pollution-Related Mortality Burden Under Combined Climate Change and Population Aging Scenarios: a Review.Chen K, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Dubrow R. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2020 Sep. PMID: 32542573.
• Reduction in air pollution and attributable mortality due to COVID-19 lockdown - Authors' reply.Chen K, Wang M, Kinney PL, Anastas PT. Lancet Planet Health. 2020 Jul. PMID: 32681896.
• Air pollution reduction and mortality benefit during the COVID-19 outbreak in China.Chen K, Wang M, Huang C, Kinney PL, Anastas PT. Lancet Planet Health. 2020 Jun; 2020 May 13. PMID: 32411944.
• Particulate matter pollution and hospital outpatient visits for endocrine, digestive, urological, and dermatological diseases in Nanjing, China.Wang C, Zhu G, Zhang L, Chen K. Environ Pollut. 2020 Jun; 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 32113107.
• Living in a highly polluted and warmer environment: Challenges for cardiovascular prevention.Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Chen K. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2020 Mar; 2019 Aug 22. PMID: 31438724.
• Hourly Exposure to Ultrafine Particle Metrics and the Onset of Myocardial Infarction in Augsburg, Germany.Chen K, Schneider A, Cyrys J, Wolf K, Meisinger C, Heier M, von Scheidt W, Kuch B, Pitz M, Peters A, Breitner S. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Jan; 2020 Jan 15. PMID: 31939685.
• Burden of myocardial infarctions attributable to heat and cold.Chen K, Peters A, Schneider A. Eur Heart J. 2019 Nov 1. PMID: 31674650.