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| Lyndsey A DarrowSummaryAffiliation: Emory University Country: USA Publications
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Confounding and bias in the attributable fractionLyndsey A Darrow
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Epidemiology 22:53-8. 2011..Results of these analyses can assist interpretation of incorrectly calculated attributable fraction estimates commonly reported in the epidemiologic literature...
Ambient air pollution and birth weight in full-term infants in Atlanta, 1994-2004Lyndsey A Darrow
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:731-7. 2011..An emerging body of evidence suggests that ambient levels of air pollution during pregnancy are associated with fetal growth...
Invited commentary: application of case-crossover methods to investigate triggers of preterm birthLyndsey A Darrow
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:1118-20; discussion 1121-2. 2010..Future research can also help delineate the relative strengths and weaknesses of different temporal analytic strategies for investigating short-term associations between various exposures and preterm birth...
The use of alternative pollutant metrics in time-series studies of ambient air pollution and respiratory emergency department visitsLyndsey A Darrow
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 21:10-9. 2011..Comparative analysis of temporal metrics also provided insight into underlying relationships between specific air pollutants and respiratory health...
Seasonality of birth and implications for temporal studies of preterm birthLyndsey A Darrow
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Epidemiology 20:699-706. 2009..To illustrate, we describe the seasonal patterns of birth in Atlanta and demonstrate how these patterns could lead to confounding in time-series studies of seasonally-varying exposures and preterm birth...
Ambient air pollution and preterm birth: a time-series analysisLyndsey A Darrow
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Epidemiology 20:689-98. 2009..An emerging body of evidence suggests that ambient levels of air pollution during pregnancy are associated with preterm birth...
Short-term associations between ambient air pollutants and pediatric asthma emergency department visitsMatthew J Strickland
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:307-16. 2010..To advance understanding of these relationships, further characterization of the dose-response and pollutant lag effects are needed, as are investigations of pollutant species beyond the commonly measured criteria pollutants...
A method to detect residual confounding in spatial and other observational studiesW Dana Flanders
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Epidemiology 22:823-6. 2011..A related question addressed here is whether an analogous indicator can be used to identify residual confounding in a study based on spatial, rather than temporal, contrasts...
Implications of different approaches for characterizing ambient air pollutant concentrations within the urban airshed for time-series studies and health benefits analysesMatthew J Strickland
Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Environ Health 10:36. 2011..In time-series studies of the health effects of urban air pollutants, decisions must be made about how to characterize pollutant levels within the airshed...
A method for detection of residual confounding in time-series and other observational studiesW Dana Flanders
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Epidemiology 22:59-67. 2011....
Ambient pollen concentrations and emergency department visits for asthma and wheezeLyndsey A Darrow
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 130:630-638.e4. 2012....
Development of outcome-based, multipollutant mobile source indicatorsJorge E Pachon
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 62:431-42. 2012..These outcome-based, multipollutant indicators can provide support for the setting of multipollutant air quality standards and other air quality management activities...
Importance of bacterial burden among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers in a long-term care facilityNimalie D Stone
Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:143-8. 2008..To evaluate the prevalence and transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization, as well as risk factors associated with MRSA carriage, among residents of a long-term care facility (LTCF)...
