2024
Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and mortality in a national cohort in South Korea: effect modification by community deprivation, medical infrastructure, and greenness
Byun G, Kim S, Choi Y, Kim A, Team A, Lee J, Bell M. Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and mortality in a national cohort in South Korea: effect modification by community deprivation, medical infrastructure, and greenness. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 1266. PMID: 38720292, PMCID: PMC11080206, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18752-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term exposure to PM2.5Exposure to PM2.5Respiratory mortalityCirculatory mortalityEffect of long-term exposure to PM2.5National Health Insurance Service-National Sample CohortLong-term PM2.5 exposureAssociated with respiratory mortalityReduce health disparitiesMedical infrastructureNon-accidentalCommunity-level deprivationCommunity-level factorsCommunity-level characteristicsPotential modifying effectPublic health outcomesNationwide cohort studyIncreased mortality riskCox proportional-hazards modelDeprivation indexHealth disparitiesCommunity deprivationHigh deprivationHealth outcomesEffect modification
2021
Do persons with low socioeconomic status have less access to greenspace? Application of accessibility index to urban parks in Seoul, South Korea
Heo S, Nori-Sarma A, Kim S, Lee J, Bell M. Do persons with low socioeconomic status have less access to greenspace? Application of accessibility index to urban parks in Seoul, South Korea. Environmental Research Letters 2021, 16: 084027. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac12f1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research