2024
Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment
Song Y, Deziel N, Bell M. Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 19178-19188. PMID: 39412270, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c06942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresEnvironmental exposure assessmentExposure of particulate matterUrban/rural disparitiesDemographic compositionHealth StudyHealth researchPopulation-basedClassification systemExposure assessmentSpatial patternsHealth impactsRural areasHealthRuralParticulate matterLand surface temperatureWest VirginiaUnited StatesSurface temperatureUrbanizationResearch questionsAssessmentDisparitiesExposureGlobal, 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 ratioAssociation
2022
The Intersection of Immigrant and Environmental Health: A Scoping Review of Observational Population Exposure and Epidemiologic Studies
Fong K, Heo S, Lim C, Kim H, Chan A, Lee W, Stewart R, Choi H, Son J, Bell M. The Intersection of Immigrant and Environmental Health: A Scoping Review of Observational Population Exposure and Epidemiologic Studies. Environmental Health Perspectives 2022, 130: 096001. PMID: 36053724, PMCID: PMC9438924, DOI: 10.1289/ehp9855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFull-text reviewHealth effectsEnvironmental exposuresHealth disparitiesAbstract reviewExposure disparitiesText reviewRace/ethnicityEligible studiesEpidemiologic studiesStudy exposureSocioeconomic characteristicsEnvironmental health disparitiesComparison groupMultiple studiesScoping ReviewHigh exposureExposureEnvironmental healthHealthCurrent knowledgeReviewPopulation exposureImmigrant statusDisparities