2023
Harmful algal bloom aerosols and human health
Lim C, Yoon J, Reynolds K, Gerald L, Ault A, Heo S, Bell M. Harmful algal bloom aerosols and human health. EBioMedicine 2023, 93: 104604. PMID: 37164781, PMCID: PMC10363441, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth effectsPublic health burdenDose-response relationshipPopulation-level exposureExposure assessment methodsAdverse health effectsRespiratory outcomesHealth burdenEpidemiological designHealth databasesLong-term exposureHealth outcomesEvidence gapsConcurrent exposureThreshold doseMixture of toxinsVulnerable subpopulationsAdditional studiesNumber of studiesSubsequent exposureExposureOutcomesHuman healthToxin concentrationHealth
2016
The association between ambient air pollution and selected adverse pregnancy outcomes in China: A systematic review
Jacobs M, Zhang G, Chen S, Mullins B, Bell M, Jin L, Guo Y, Huxley R, Pereira G. The association between ambient air pollution and selected adverse pregnancy outcomes in China: A systematic review. The Science Of The Total Environment 2016, 579: 1179-1192. PMID: 27913015, PMCID: PMC5252829, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse pregnancy outcomesPregnancy outcomesAmbient air pollutionSystematic reviewAmbient air pollution exposureLow birth weightAir pollution exposureHigh-income Western countriesCardiovascular endpointsPreterm birthBirth weightCongenital anomaliesPollution exposureCardiovascular defectsHigh exposureOutcomesWestern countriesNumber of studiesExposureAssessment of effectsAssociationAir pollutionLow levelsReviewEndpoint
2015
Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions in the Medicare Cohort Air Pollution Study, 1999–2010
Powell H, Krall JR, Wang Y, Bell ML, Peng RD. Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions in the Medicare Cohort Air Pollution Study, 1999–2010. Environmental Health Perspectives 2015, 123: 1152-1158. PMID: 25872223, PMCID: PMC4629736, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageEmergency hospitalizationHospital admissionM3 increaseMedicare enrolleesRespiratory-related hospitalizationsTwo-stage Bayesian hierarchical modelSignificant increaseShort-term associationsCardiovascular hospitalizationMorbidity outcomesCardiovascular diseaseRespiratory diseaseHospitalizationShort-term exposureAmbient Coarse Particulate MatterPoisson log-linear regression modelsLog-linear regression modelCoarse particulate matterAdmissionAmbient coarseAssociationNumber of studiesDiseaseEnrollees