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
2018
Distributed Lag Interaction Models with Two Pollutants
Chen Y, Mukherjee B, Berrocal V. Distributed Lag Interaction Models with Two Pollutants. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 2018, 68: 79-97. PMID: 30636815, PMCID: PMC6328049, DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMean square errorEffects of air pollutionDistributed lag modelsAir pollution studiesHealth outcomesNational MorbidityBias-variance tradeoffEnvironmental epidemiologyAir pollutionPollution studiesPollutionLag effectMortality countsMain effectTensor productShrinkage methodShrinkage versionAverage performanceNatural waySimulation studyJoint effectsInteraction structureMortalityNMMAPSMorbidity
2014
A Comparison of Exposure Metrics for Traffic-Related Air Pollutants: Application to Epidemiology Studies in Detroit, Michigan
Batterman S, Burke J, Isakov V, Lewis T, Mukherjee B, Robins T. A Comparison of Exposure Metrics for Traffic-Related Air Pollutants: Application to Epidemiology Studies in Detroit, Michigan. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2014, 11: 9553-9577. PMID: 25226412, PMCID: PMC4199035, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraffic-related air pollutionAir pollutionTraffic densityTraffic emissionsExposure metricsDispersion modelTransportation planning studiesSource of air pollutant emissionsComparison of exposure distributionNear-road environmentExposure to traffic-related air pollutionEmission densityAir pollutant emissionsAir pollution epidemiologyDispersion modeling systemVehicle mixEpidemiological studiesTraffic volumePollutant concentrationsSpatial variabilityResidential locationHealth risksTrafficPollutionProximity classificationPersonal Black Carbon Exposure Influences Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Zhao X, Sun Z, Ruan Y, Yan J, Mukherjee B, Yang F, Duan F, Sun L, Liang R, Lian H, Zhang S, Fang Q, Gu D, Brook J, Sun Q, Brook R, Rajagopalan S, Fan Z. Personal Black Carbon Exposure Influences Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Hypertension 2014, 63: 871-877. PMID: 24420543, PMCID: PMC4445364, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.02588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersonal black carbonAir pollutionBlack carbonBeijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring CenterFine particulate matter concentrationsCombustion-related air pollutionFine particulate matterAmbulatory blood pressureEnvironmental Monitoring CenterParticulate matter concentrationsBlood pressureHigh air pollutionReduce air pollutionMm HgLow frequency to high frequency ratioPublic health effectsParticulate matterTwenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressureExposure to high levelsMatter concentrationSystolic blood pressureDiastolic blood pressurePollutionBlood pressure effectsGeneralized linear model