Ryan Allen

Summary

Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Modeling the residential infiltration of outdoor PM(2.5) in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air)
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 120:824-30. 2012
  2. ncbi Proximity of public elementary schools to major roads in Canadian urban areas
    Ofer Amram
    Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 10:68. 2011
  3. ncbi An air filter intervention study of endothelial function among healthy adults in a woodsmoke-impacted community
    Ryan W Allen
    Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:1222-30. 2011
  4. ncbi The spatial relationship between traffic-generated air pollution and noise in 2 US cities
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
    Environ Res 109:334-42. 2009
  5. ncbi Fine particulate matter air pollution, proximity to traffic, and aortic atherosclerosis
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
    Epidemiology 20:254-64. 2009
  6. ncbi Changes in lung function and airway inflammation among asthmatic children residing in a woodsmoke-impacted urban area
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    Inhal Toxicol 20:423-33. 2008
  7. ncbi Evaluation of the recursive model approach for estimating particulate matter infiltration efficiencies using continuous light scattering data
    Ryan Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17:468-77. 2007
  8. ncbi Intercity transferability of land use regression models for estimating ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide
    Karla Poplawski
    Spatial Sciences Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19:107-17. 2009
  9. ncbi From good intentions to proven interventions: effectiveness of actions to reduce the health impacts of air pollution
    Luisa V Giles
    School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 119:29-36. 2011
  10. ncbi Modeling residential fine particulate matter infiltration for exposure assessment
    Perry U Hystad
    Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19:570-9. 2009

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Modeling the residential infiltration of outdoor PM(2.5) in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air)
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 120:824-30. 2012
    ..5 μm (PM(2.5))] typically use outdoor concentrations as exposure surrogates. Failure to account for variation in residential infiltration efficiencies (F(inf)) will affect epidemiologic study results...
  2. ncbi Proximity of public elementary schools to major roads in Canadian urban areas
    Ofer Amram
    Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 10:68. 2011
    ..No studies have yet examined the proximity of schools to major roads in Canadian cities...
  3. ncbi An air filter intervention study of endothelial function among healthy adults in a woodsmoke-impacted community
    Ryan W Allen
    Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:1222-30. 2011
    ..Particulate air pollution is associated with cardiovascular morbidity. One hypothesized mechanism involves oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction...
  4. ncbi The spatial relationship between traffic-generated air pollution and noise in 2 US cities
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
    Environ Res 109:334-42. 2009
    ....
  5. ncbi Fine particulate matter air pollution, proximity to traffic, and aortic atherosclerosis
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
    Epidemiology 20:254-64. 2009
    ..The initiation and acceleration of atherosclerosis is hypothesized as a physiologic mechanism underlying associations between air pollution and cardiovascular effects. Despite toxicologic evidence, epidemiologic data are limited...
  6. ncbi Changes in lung function and airway inflammation among asthmatic children residing in a woodsmoke-impacted urban area
    Ryan W Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    Inhal Toxicol 20:423-33. 2008
    ..5), whereas airway inflammation may be more closely related to some other constituent of the ambient PM(2.5) mixture...
  7. ncbi Evaluation of the recursive model approach for estimating particulate matter infiltration efficiencies using continuous light scattering data
    Ryan Allen
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17:468-77. 2007
    ..This variation across homes indicates the need for home-specific estimation methods, such as the RM or sulfur tracer, instead of techniques that give average estimates of infiltration across homes...
  8. ncbi Intercity transferability of land use regression models for estimating ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide
    Karla Poplawski
    Spatial Sciences Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19:107-17. 2009
    ..Modest field sampling campaigns for location-specific model calibration can help to produce transfer models that are equally as predictive as their sources...
  9. ncbi From good intentions to proven interventions: effectiveness of actions to reduce the health impacts of air pollution
    Luisa V Giles
    School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 119:29-36. 2011
    ..Associations between air pollution and a multitude of health effects are now well established. Given ubiquitous exposure to some level of air pollution, the attributable health burden can be high, particularly for susceptible populations...
  10. ncbi Modeling residential fine particulate matter infiltration for exposure assessment
    Perry U Hystad
    Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19:570-9. 2009
    ..5) concentrations. This modeling approach holds promise for incorporating infiltration efficiencies into large epidemiology studies, thereby reducing exposure misclassification...
  11. ncbi Pulmonary effects of indoor- and outdoor-generated particles in children with asthma
    Jane Q Koenig
    Department of Environmental Health and Occupational Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 113:499-503. 2005
    ..We conclude that the ambient-generated component of PM2.5 exposure is consistently associated with increases in eNO and the indoor-generated component is less strongly associated with eNO...