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Heat exposure induced risks of preterm birth mediated by maternal hypertension
Heat exposure is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth (PTB), with previous work suggesting that maternal blood pressure may play a role in these associations. Here we conducted a cohort study of ...
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Open AccessAdvances and perspectives in environmental health research in China
Environmental health research aims to identify environmental conditions suitable for the healthy living and reproduction of human beings. Through the interdisciplinary research bridging environmental sciences ...
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Risk factors associated with heatwave mortality in Chinese adults over 65 years
Aging populations are susceptible to heat-related mortality because of physiological factors and comorbidities. However, the understanding of individual vulnerabilities in the aging population is incomplete. I...
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Correction to: Dynamic changes in ambient PM2.5 and body mass index among old adults: a nationwide cohort study
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Dynamic changes in ambient PM2.5 and body mass index among old adults: a nationwide cohort study
Outdoor air pollution has been considered as a severe environmental health issue that almost affecting everyone in the world, and intensive actions were launched. However, little is known about the association...
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Building resilience in heatwaves
Escalating severity and frequency of heatwaves have outpaced the effectiveness of existing prevention and adaptation measures; there is urgency for reassessment, enhancement and implementation of strategies to...
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Open AccessShort-term residential exposure to air pollution and risk of acute myocardial infarction deaths at home in China
Air pollution remains a major threat to cardiovascular health and most acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths occur at home. However, currently established knowledge on the deleterious effect of air pollutio...
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Effects of temperature, relative humidity, and illumination on the entomological parameters of Aedes albopictus: an experimental study
Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) is a mosquito from Asia that can transmit a variety of diseases. This paper aimed to explore the effects of temperature, relative humidity, and illumination on the entomologi...
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of air pollution and angina pectoris attacks: identification of hazardous pollutant, short-term effect, and vulnerable population
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of global epidemiological studies of air pollution and angina pectoris, aiming to explore the deleterious air pollutant(s) and vulnerable sub-populations. Pub...
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Global ambient particulate matter pollution and neurodegenerative disorders: a systematic review of literature and meta-analysis
Previous studies on particulate matter (PM) exposure and neurodegenerative disorders showed inconsistent results, and few studies systematically examined the long-term effect of PM on neurodegenerative disease...
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Open AccessTemperature-related mortality in China from specific injury
Injury poses heavy burden on public health, accounting for nearly 8% of all deaths globally, but little evidence on the role of climate change on injury exists. We collect data during 2013-2019 in six province...
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Thermal perception and lung function: a panel study in young adults with exercise under high outdoor temperature
It has been observed that high temperature exposure is associated with a reduction in lung function and some possible biological mechanisms have been suggested. However, it is unclear if thermal perception pla...
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Mortality burden attributable to temperature variability in China
Several studies have investigated the associations between temperature variability (TV) and death counts. However, evidence of TV-attributable years of life lost (YLL) is scarce.
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Open AccessThe burden of heatwave-related preterm births and associated human capital losses in China
Frequent heatwaves under global warming can increase the risk of preterm birth (PTB), which in turn will affect physical health and human potential over the life course. However, what remains unknown is the ex...
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Open AccessAir pollution, residential greenness, and metabolic dysfunction biomarkers: analyses in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey
We hypothesize higher air pollution and fewer greenness exposures jointly contribute to metabolic syndrome (MetS), as mechanisms on cardiometabolic mortality.
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The effect of high temperatures on risk of hospitalization in northern Vietnam
Vietnam is one Southeast Asian country most vulnerable to climate change. By the end of the twenty-first century, temperature could rise above 5°C across Vietnam according to the IPCC highest emission pathway ...
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Anthropogenic emissions and urbanization increase risk of compound hot extremes in cities
Urban areas are experiencing strongly increasing hot temperature extremes. However, these urban heat events have seldom been the focus of traditional detection and attribution analysis designed for regional to...
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Temperature-sensitive morbidity indicator: consequence from the increased ambulance dispatches associated with heat and cold exposure
Current development of temperature-related health early warning systems mainly arises from knowledge of temperature-related mortality or hospital-based morbidity. However, due to the delay in data reporting an...
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Mortality burden caused by diurnal temperature range: a nationwide time-series study in 364 Chinese locations
Several studies have investigated the associations between diurnal temperature rage (DTR) and mortality, but little evidence has been available regarding the association of DTR with years of life lost (YLL). T...
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Open AccessUnderstanding small Chinese cities as COVID-19 hotspots with an urban epidemic hazard index
Multiple small- to middle-scale cities, mostly located in northern China, became epidemic hotspots during the second wave of the spread of COVID-19 in early 2021. Despite qualitative discussions of potential s...
