2024
Simulating desegregation through affordable housing development: An environmental health impact assessment of Connecticut zoning law
Prasanth S, Oloyede N, Zhang X, Chen K, Carrión D. Simulating desegregation through affordable housing development: An environmental health impact assessment of Connecticut zoning law. Health & Place 2024, 88: 103277. PMID: 38781859, PMCID: PMC11190844, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic white residentsEnvironmental health equityAmbient environmental exposuresHealth impact assessmentExposure-response functionsEnvironmental health impact assessmentHealth equityHealth inequalitiesNon-HispanicRate of deathExcess deathsWhite residentsEstimated deathsMortality impactLow-income residentsDesegregation policiesEnvironmental exposuresResidential segregationHousing targetsResidentsHousing developmentDeathSimulated movementHealthImpact assessment
2017
Impact of climate change on heat-related mortality in Jiangsu Province, China
Chen K, Horton RM, Bader DA, Lesk C, Jiang L, Jones B, Zhou L, Chen X, Bi J, Kinney PL. Impact of climate change on heat-related mortality in Jiangsu Province, China. Environmental Pollution 2017, 224: 317-325. PMID: 28237309, PMCID: PMC5387110, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause-specific mortalityChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIschemic heart diseaseSpecific public health interventionsObstructive pulmonary diseaseCause of deathPublic health interventionsHeat-related mortalityPulmonary diseaseHeart diseaseHealth burdenExposure-response functionsGlobal-scale General Circulation ModelsHealth interventionsTotal mortalityNonurban residentsMortalityRural countiesDiseaseNonurban areasFuture heat-related mortalityLittle evidenceMortality estimationHigh heat-related mortalityStroke