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A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust stormsNicos Middleton
Department of Environmental Health, Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Environ Health 7:39. 2008..A particular feature in the region is dust blown from the Sahara a few times a year resulting in extreme PM10 concentrations. It is not entirely clear whether such natural phenomena pose the same risks...- Association of air pollution with increased incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias recorded by implanted cardioverter defibrillatorsDouglas W Dockery
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:670-4. 2005..The associations with sulfate suggest a link with stationary fossil fuel combustion sources... - Health effects of particulate air pollutionDouglas W Dockery
Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Ann Epidemiol 19:257-63. 2009..The debate over the science was played out in public hearings and the courts. The experience provides lessons on the use of epidemiologic data in setting public policy... - Epidemiologic evidence of cardiovascular effects of particulate air pollutionD W Dockery
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 109:483-6. 2001..These epidemiologic studies provide early guidance to possible pathways of particulate air pollution health effects, which can only be addressed fully in toxicologic and physiologic studies... - Association of ventricular arrhythmias detected by implantable cardioverter defibrillator and ambient air pollutants in the St Louis, Missouri metropolitan areaD Q Rich
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Occup Environ Med 63:591-6. 2006..This is consistent with previous results from Boston, although the pollutants responsible for the increased risk are different... - Increased risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes associated with acute increases in ambient air pollutionDavid Q Rich
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:120-3. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Increased ambient O3 pollution was associated with increased risk of episodes of rapid ventricular response due to PAF, thereby suggesting that community air pollution may be a precipitant of these events... - Effects of ozone and other pollutants on the pulmonary function of adult hikersS A Korrick
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 106:93-9. 1998..5, and strong aerosol acidity were associated with significant effects on pulmonary function among adults. Hikers with a history of asthma or wheeze had significantly greater air pollution-related changes in pulmonary function... - Association of fine particulate matter from different sources with daily mortality in six U.S. citiesF Laden
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 108:941-7. 2000..These results indicate that combustion particles in the fine fraction from mobile and coal combustion sources, but not fine crustal particles, are associated with increased mortality... 
Increased particulate air pollution and the triggering of myocardial infarctionA Peters
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Circulation 103:2810-5. 2001..Further studies in other locations are needed to clarify the importance of this potentially preventable trigger of MI...- Airborne particles are a risk factor for hospital admissions for heart and lung diseaseA Zanobetti
Environmental Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 108:1071-7. 2000..The results were stable when controlling for confounding by sulfur dioxide, ozone, and carbon monoxide. These results are consistent with previous epidemiology and recent mechanistic studies in animals and humans... - Health effects of air pollution exposure on children and adolescents in São Paulo, BrazilA L Braga
Environmental Pediatrics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Santo Amaro School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pediatr Pulmonol 31:106-13. 2001.... - Reduction in fine particulate air pollution and mortality: Extended follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities studyFrancine Laden
Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:667-72. 2006..A large body of epidemiologic literature has found an association of increased fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) with acute and chronic mortality. The effect of improvements in particle exposure is less clear... - Within-home versus between-home variability of house dust endotoxin in a birth cohortJoseph H Abraham
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1516-21. 2005..These results suggest that room-to-room and home-to-home differences in endotoxin influence the total variability more than factors affecting endotoxin levels within a room over time... - Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure?Anna L Choi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1092-8. 2006.... - Short-term effects of air pollution on heart rate variability in senior adults in Steubenville, OhioHeike Luttmann-Gibson
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:780-8. 2006..We examined the association between ambient air pollution levels and heart rate variability (HRV) in a panel study of 32 subjects... - Low dietary nutrient intakes and respiratory health in adolescentsJane S Burns
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Chest 132:238-45. 2007..We investigated whether low dietary nutrient intakes were associated with lower pulmonary function and higher reporting of respiratory symptoms in adolescents... - Violence exposure, a chronic psychosocial stressor, and childhood lung functionShakira Franco Suglia
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Landmark 415W, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychosom Med 70:160-9. 2008..Chronic psychosocial stressors, including violence, and neuropsychological and behavioral development in children as well as physiologic alterations that may lead to broader health effects... - Spatial modeling of PM10 and NO2 in the continental United States, 1985-2000Jaime E Hart
Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1690-6. 2009..However, many have been limited to city-specific average pollution measures or spatial or land-use regression exposure models in small geographic areas... 
Systemic inflammation, heart rate variability and air pollution in a cohort of senior adultsHeike Luttmann-Gibson
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Occup Environ Med 67:625-30. 2010..We examined the association between inflammation and autonomic dysfunction and effect modification of inflammation on the association between air pollution and heart rate variability (HRV) in elderly subjects...- Smoke-free air laws and secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking youthMelanie S Dove
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 126:80-7. 2010..We investigated the association between smoke-free law coverage and cotinine among nonsmoking youth (3-19 years) with and without home secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure... - Long-term ambient multipollutant exposures and mortalityJaime E Hart
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:73-8. 2011..Additionally, two studies have observed higher risks in individuals with occupational dust, gas, or fume exposure... - Association of short-term ambient air pollution concentrations and ventricular arrhythmiasDavid Q Rich
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:1123-32. 2005..These results confirm previous findings and suggest that matching of pollution periods to arrhythmias is important in detecting such associations... - Body-mass index as a predictor of incident asthma in a prospective cohort of childrenDiane R Gold
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 36:514-21. 2003..For girls, overweight contributes to development of asthma. For boys and girls, extremes of annual BMI growth rates increase the risk of asthma... - 3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) and mutagenic activity in Massachusetts drinking waterJ Michael Wright
Environmental Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:157-64. 2002..Seasonal variation was evident for MX and mutagenic activity, with higher levels occurring in the spring compared to the fall. In contrast, TTHM concentrations were greater in the fall... - Workplace secondhand smoke exposure in the U.S. trucking industryYueh Hsiu Chiu
Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 118:216-21. 2010..Although the smoking rate in the United States is declining because of an increase of smoke-free laws, among blue-collar workers it remains higher than that among many other occupational groups... - Lung cancer in railroad workers exposed to diesel exhaustEric Garshick
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1539-43. 2004..Key words: diesel exhaust, lung cancer, occupational exposure... - Effects of inhalable particles on respiratory health of childrenD W Dockery
Department of Environmental Science and Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Am Rev Respir Dis 139:587-94. 1989..They also suggest that children with hyperreactive airways may be particularly susceptible to other respiratory symptoms when exposed to these pollutants.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).. - Assessment of cleaning to control lead dust in homes of children with moderate lead poisoning: treatment of lead-exposed children trialAdrienne S Ettinger
Environmental Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:A773-9. 2002..Attainment of dust levels below current standards will require more intensive cleaning and lead hazard reduction strategies... - FEV(1) is associated with risk of asthma attacks in a pediatric populationA L Fuhlbrigge
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5805, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 107:61-7. 2001..CONCLUSION: The strong association between FEV(1)% and risk of asthma attack over the subsequent year supports an emphasis on objective measures of lung function in assessment of risk for adverse asthma outcomes... - The effect of air pollution on inner-city children with asthmaK M Mortimer
Dept of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Eur Respir J 19:699-705. 2002.... - A single measure of FEV1 is associated with risk of asthma attacks in long-term follow-upBarrett T Kitch
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Chest 126:1875-82. 2004..Clinical practice guidelines for asthma care emphasize the use of objective measures of asthma severity, and yet little data exist on the relationship between FEV(1) and asthma outcomes over long-term follow-up... - The impact of Massachusetts' smoke-free workplace laws on acute myocardial infarction deathsMelanie S Dove
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Public Health 100:2206-12. 2010..We examined the rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths in Massachusetts before and after the implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law in July 2004... - War-related stressors are associated with asthma risk among older Kuwaitis following the 1990 Iraqi invasion and occupationR J Wright
Channing Laboratory 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:630-5. 2010..Associations were examined between war-related stressors and incident asthma in elderly Kuwaiti civilians following the Iraqi invasion... - Effect of trihalomethane exposure on fetal developmentJ M Wright
Environmental Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Occup Environ Med 60:173-80. 2003.... - Air pollution and the triggering of cardiac arrhythmiasMark S Link
The Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 25:16-22. 2010..The data have been strongest with respect to ventricular arrhythmias but there is accumulating evidence that air pollution is also associated with supraventricular arrhythmias... - Association of indoor nitrogen dioxide with respiratory symptoms in children: application of measurement error correction techniques to utilize data from multiple surrogatesRuifeng Li
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 16:342-50. 2006.... - Effect of chelation therapy on the neuropsychological and behavioral development of lead-exposed children after school entryKim N Dietrich
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0056, USA
Pediatrics 114:19-26. 2004..96-2.12 micromol/L) at 12 to 33 months of age has neurodevelopmental benefits at age 7 years... - The effect of disinfection by-products and mutagenic activity on birth weight and gestational durationJ Michael Wright
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, U S Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W Martin Luther King Drive MS 90, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:920-5. 2004..These data also suggest a relationship between fetal development indices and mutagenic activity independent of exposure to trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, and MX... - Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention studyLuke Clancy
St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Lancet 360:1210-4. 2002..The net benefit of the reduced death rate was greater than predicted from results of previous time-series studies... - Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connectJudith C Chow
Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, 89512 NV, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 56:1368-80. 2006 - Cause-specific mortality and the extended effects of particulate pollution and temperature exposurePatrick G Goodman
School of Physics, Dublin Institute of Technology, and St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Environ Health Perspect 112:179-85. 2004..This analysis suggests that studies on the acute effects of air pollution have underestimated the total effects of temperature and particulate air pollution on mortality... - Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connectC Arden Pope
Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 2363, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 56:709-42. 2006.... - Cardiovascular risks from fine particulate air pollutionDouglas W Dockery
N Engl J Med 356:511-3. 2007 - Effect of a follow-up professional home cleaning on serial dust and blood lead levels of urban childrenCarla Campbell
Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Primary Care Center, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Arch Environ Health 58:771-80. 2003..Frequent, repeated cleanings may be required if blood lead or dust lead levels are to be reduced and sustained at low levels in urban homes...