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Open AccessRelationship of leukaemias with long-term ambient air pollution exposures in the adult Danish population
Few population-based epidemiological studies of adults have examined the relationship between air pollution and leukaemias.
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Open AccessLong-term exposure to particulate air pollution and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in the Old Order Amish
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) has been associated with endothelial dysfunction, an early marker of cardiovascular risk. Our aim was to extend this research to a genetically homogenous, geographically sta...
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Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Type 2 Diabetes in Adults
We identified 24 publications from January 2010 until September 2018 in the peer-reviewed literature addressing the relationship of long-term air pollution exposures and type 2 diabetes-related morbidity and m...
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Open AccessApplication and validation of a line-source dispersion model to estimate small scale traffic-related particulate matter concentrations across the conterminous US
Numerous studies document increased health risks from exposure to traffic and traffic-related particulate matter (PM). However, many studies use simple exposure metrics to represent traffic-related PM, and/or ...
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Summertime extreme heat events and increased risk of acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations
Few studies have examined the association between exposure to extreme heat events and risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or demonstrated which populations are most vulnerable to the effects of extreme h...
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Short-term exposure to ambient ozone and stroke hospital admission: A case-crossover analysis
We evaluated the association between short-term exposure to ambient ozone air pollution and stroke hospital admissions among adult residents of South Carolina (SC). Data on all incident stroke hospitalizations...
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Open AccessThe association of long-term exposure to PM2.5 on all-cause mortality in the Nurses’ Health Study and the impact of measurement-error correction
Long-term exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) has been consistently associated with risk of all-cause mortality. The methods used to assess exposure, such as area averages, nearest...
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Open AccessSpatial clustering of physical activity and obesity in relation to built environment factors among older women in three U.S. states
Identifying spatial clusters of chronic diseases has been conducted over the past several decades. More recently these approaches have been applied to physical activity and obesity. However, few studies have i...
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Open AccessSpatio-temporal modeling of particulate air pollution in the conterminous United States using geographic and meteorological predictors
Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) remains an important public health concern, although it remains difficult to quantify accurately across large geographic areas with sufficiently high spatial res...
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Open AccessNeighborhood level risk factors for type 1 diabetes in youth: the SEARCH case-control study
European ecologic studies suggest higher socioeconomic status is associated with higher incidence of type 1 diabetes. Using data from a case-control study of diabetes among racially/ethnically diverse youth in...
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Power evaluation of focused cluster tests
Many statistical tests have been developed to assess the significance of clusters of disease located around known sources of environmental contaminants, also known as focused disease clusters. The majority of ...
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Open AccessEvaluating geographic imputation approaches for zip code level data: an application to a study of pediatric diabetes
There is increasing interest in the study of place effects on health, facilitated in part by geographic information systems. Incomplete or missing address information reduces geocoding success. Several geograp...
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Open AccessScale and shape issues in focused cluster power for count data
Interest in the development of statistical methods for disease cluster detection has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Evaluations of statistical power provide important information for the selection o...
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Child Sexual Abuse as a Public Health Issue: Recommendations of an Expert Panel
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a widespread problem that has been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. There has been a call for prevention of first occurrences of CSA. Public heal...
