2016
Household concentrations and personal exposure of PM2.5 among urban residents using different cooking fuels
Li T, Cao S, Fan D, Zhang Y, Wang B, Zhao X, Leaderer BP, Shen G, Zhang Y, Duan X. Household concentrations and personal exposure of PM2.5 among urban residents using different cooking fuels. The Science Of The Total Environment 2016, 548: 6-12. PMID: 26799802, PMCID: PMC4760902, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhalation exposure levelsExposure levelsEnvironmental risk factorsTotal PM2.5 exposuresDifferent cooking fuelsDifferent age groupsRisk factorsPM2.5 exposureAge groupsPremature deathHousehold concentrationsPersonal exposureIndoor combustion sourcesHigher indoor concentrationsCooking fuelExposureOutdoor PM2.5 concentrationsNon-heating seasonLevelsIndoor concentrationsDisease
2015
Distributions of heavy metals in maternal and cord blood and the association with infant birth weight in China.
Hu X, Zheng T, Cheng Y, Holford T, Lin S, Leaderer B, Qiu J, Bassig BA, Shi K, Zhang Y, Niu J, Zhu Y, Li Y, Guo H, Chen Q, Zhang J, Xu S, Jin Y. Distributions of heavy metals in maternal and cord blood and the association with infant birth weight in China. The Journal Of Reproductive Medicine 2015, 60: 21-9. PMID: 25745747, PMCID: PMC4961246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant birth weightCord blood samplesBirth weightCord bloodBlood samplesChinese pregnant womenMother-infant pairsBirth outcomesSerum levelsPregnant womenPrenatal exposureSerum concentrationsChinese infantsMultiple linear regression analysisLarger sample sizeLinear regression analysisSignificant associationChinese womenPilot studyBloodRegression analysisNewbornsAssociationWomenHigh concentrations
2014
Ambient air pollutant PM10 and risk of preterm birth in Lanzhou, China
Zhao N, Qiu J, Zhang Y, He X, Zhou M, Li M, Xu X, Cui H, Lv L, Lin X, Zhang C, Zhang H, Xu R, Zhu D, Lin R, Yao T, Su J, Dang Y, Han X, Zhang H, Bai H, Chen Y, Tang Z, Wang W, Wang Y, Liu X, Ma B, Liu S, Qiu W, Huang H, Liang J, Chen Q, Jiang M, Ma S, Jin L, Holford T, Leaderer B, Bell ML, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Ambient air pollutant PM10 and risk of preterm birth in Lanzhou, China. Environment International 2014, 76: 71-77. PMID: 25553395, PMCID: PMC4526148, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthEntire pregnancyClinical subtypesUnconditional logistic regression modelingVery preterm birthSingleton live birthsBirth cohort studyLimited epidemiologic studiesMonths of pregnancyExposure time windowsLogistic regression modelingHigh-level exposureHealth policy makersHigh exposure levelsLast 6weeksCohort studyVery pretermRisk factorsLive birthsPM10 exposureEpidemiologic studiesAir pollution levelsPregnancyLevel exposureExposure levels