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Open AccessCorrection: Modification of the PM2.5- and extreme heat-mortality relationships by historical redlining: A case-crossover study in thirteen U.S. states
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Open AccessModification of the PM2.5- and extreme heat-mortality relationships by historical redlining: a case-crossover study in thirteen U.S. states
Redlining has been associated with worse health outcomes and various environmental disparities, separately, but little is known of the interaction between these two factors, if any. We aimed to estimate whethe...
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Open AccessLong-term exposure to ambient fine particulate components and leukocyte epigenome-wide DNA Methylation in older men: the Normative Aging Study
Epigenome-wide association studies of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) have been reported. However, few have examined PM2.5 components (PMCs) and sources or included repeated measures. The lack of high-res...
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Open AccessAssociations between long-term exposures to airborne PM2.5 components and mortality in Massachusetts: mixture analysis exploration
Numerous studies have documented PM2.5’s links with adverse health outcomes. Comparatively fewer studies have evaluated specific PM2.5 components. The lack of exposure measurements and high correlation among diff...
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Open AccessShort term exposure to air pollution and mortality in the US: a double negative control analysis
Studies examining the association of short-term air pollution exposure and daily deaths have typically been limited to cities and used citywide average exposures, with few using causal models.
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Open AccessMetabolomic signatures of the long-term exposure to air pollution and temperature
Long-term exposures to air pollution has been reported to be associated with inflammation and oxidative stress. However, the underlying metabolic mechanisms remain poorly understood.
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Open AccessHeat stroke admissions during heat waves in 1,916 US counties for the period from 1999 to 2010 and their effect modifiers
Heat stroke is a serious heat-related illness, especially among older adults. However, little is known regarding the spatiotemporal variation of heat stroke admissions during heat waves and what factors modify...
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Open AccessChronic effects of temperature on mortality in the Southeastern USA using satellite-based exposure metrics
Climate change may affect human health, particularly for elderly individuals who are vulnerable to temperature changes. While many studies have investigated the acute effects of heat, only a few have dealt wit...
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Prostate cancer mortality and birth or adult residence in the southern United States
Although there are few confirmed risk factors for prostate cancer (PCa), mortality rates are known to vary geographically across the United States. PCa mortality is higher among black and younger white men in ...
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Open AccessElevated depressive symptoms and incident stroke in Hispanic, African-American, and White older Americans
Although depressive symptoms have been linked to stroke, most research has been in relatively ethnically homogeneous, predominantly white, samples. Using the United States based Health and Retirement Study, we...
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Shrinking, widening, reversing, and stagnating trends in US socioeconomic inequities in cancer mortality for the total, black, and white populations: 1960–2006
To test recent claims that cancer inequities are bound to increase as population health improves.
