2021
Exposure to Primary Air Pollutants Generated by Highway Traffic and Daily Mortality Risk in Near-Road Communities: A Case-Crossover Study
Filigrana P, Milando C, Batterman S, Levy J, Mukherjee B, Pedde M, Szpiro A, Adar S. Exposure to Primary Air Pollutants Generated by Highway Traffic and Daily Mortality Risk in Near-Road Communities: A Case-Crossover Study. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2021, 191: 63-74. PMID: 34347034, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNear-road populationsAir pollutionMortality riskExposure to traffic-related air pollutionAverage PM2.5 exposureTraffic-generated air pollutionNear-road communitiesResearch LINE sourceConcentrations of PM2.5Traffic-related air pollutionCase-crossover designPrimary air pollutantsConditional logistic regressionPuget Sound area of Washington StateDaily mortality riskCase-crossoverTime-varying covariatesCerebrovascular mortalityPM2.5 exposurePrimary pollutantsQuantify associationsAerodynamic diameterShorter averaging periodsPM2.5Pollution
2019
Derivation of Time-Activity Data Using Wearable Cameras and Measures of Personal Inhalation Exposure among Workers at an Informal Electronic-Waste Recovery Site in Ghana
Laskaris Z, Milando C, Batterman S, Mukherjee B, Basu N, O’neill M, Robins T, Fobil J. Derivation of Time-Activity Data Using Wearable Cameras and Measures of Personal Inhalation Exposure among Workers at an Informal Electronic-Waste Recovery Site in Ghana. Annals Of Work Exposures And Health 2019, 63: 829-841. PMID: 31334545, PMCID: PMC6788341, DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxz056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTime-activity patternsTime-activity dataPM2.5 exposureAgbogbloshie e-waste siteE-waste sitesRecovery sitesExposure to workplace hazardsReal-time particle monitorsNon-work-related activitiesPersonal inhalation exposureWearable camerasE-waste materialsPM2.5 levelsElectronic-wasteWorld Health Organization standardsWorld Health OrganizationParticulate matterPM2.5E-wasteWorkplace hazardsTime-activityBillion workersMetal recoveryExposure assessmentOccupational hazards
2014
Central IKKβ inhibition prevents air pollution mediated peripheral inflammation and exaggeration of type II diabetes
Liu C, Fonken L, Wang A, Maiseyeu A, Bai Y, Wang T, Maurya S, Ko Y, Periasamy M, Dvonch T, Morishita M, Brook R, Harkema J, Ying Z, Mukherjee B, Sun Q, Nelson R, Rajagopalan S. Central IKKβ inhibition prevents air pollution mediated peripheral inflammation and exaggeration of type II diabetes. Particle And Fibre Toxicology 2014, 11: 53. PMID: 25358444, PMCID: PMC4226918, DOI: 10.1186/s12989-014-0053-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBenzamidesBlood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Disease Models, AnimalEnergy MetabolismHypothalamusI-kappa B KinaseInflammationInfliximabInhalation ExposureInjections, IntraventricularInsulinInsulin ResistanceInterleukin-6MiceOxygen ConsumptionParticulate MatterProtein Kinase InhibitorsRisk AssessmentRNA, MessengerThermogenesisTime FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
2011
Association of daily asthma emergency department visits and hospital admissions with ambient air pollutants among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit: Time-series and time-stratified case-crossover analyses with threshold effects
Li S, Batterman S, Wasilevich E, Wahl R, Wirth J, Su F, Mukherjee B. Association of daily asthma emergency department visits and hospital admissions with ambient air pollutants among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit: Time-series and time-stratified case-crossover analyses with threshold effects. Environmental Research 2011, 111: 1137-1147. PMID: 21764049, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbient air pollutionGeneralized additive modelCase-crossover designConditional logistic regressionPediatric Medicaid populationAir pollutionAsthma morbidityAssociated with ambient air pollutionMedicaid populationEffects of air pollutionAsthma emergency department visitsAdditive modelLogistic regressionConditional logistic regression modelsAcute asthma eventsAssociations of SO2Interquartile range increaseCase-crossover analysisEmergency department visitsCase-crossover studyPM2.5 concentrationsPM2.5 thresholdLogistic regression modelsStrong effect sizesPM2.5