2012
Air pollution and respiratory symptoms among children with asthma: Vulnerability by corticosteroid use and residence area
Lewis T, Robins T, Mentz G, Zhang X, Mukherjee B, Lin X, Keeler G, Dvonch J, Yip F, O'Neill M, Parker E, Israel B, Max P, Reyes A, Committee C. Air pollution and respiratory symptoms among children with asthma: Vulnerability by corticosteroid use and residence area. The Science Of The Total Environment 2012, 448: 48-55. PMID: 23273373, PMCID: PMC4327853, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParticulate matterAir pollutionAssociated with negative health impactsAmbient pollutant concentrationsAir quality standardsAmbient air pollutionAmbient particulate matterEffective risk reduction interventionsOdds of respiratory symptomsAsthmatic childrenFactors associated with heterogeneityAssociated with increased oddsObserved health effectsRespiratory symptomsRisk reduction interventionsPopulation of asthmatic childrenRespiratory symptom diariesOutdoor PMDaily concentrationsPollutant concentrationsMonitoring sitesGeneralized estimating equationsPollution modelLogistic regression modelsAerodynamic diameter
2011
Association of daily asthma emergency department visits and hospital admissions with ambient air pollutants among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit: Time-series and time-stratified case-crossover analyses with threshold effects
Li S, Batterman S, Wasilevich E, Wahl R, Wirth J, Su F, Mukherjee B. Association of daily asthma emergency department visits and hospital admissions with ambient air pollutants among the pediatric Medicaid population in Detroit: Time-series and time-stratified case-crossover analyses with threshold effects. Environmental Research 2011, 111: 1137-1147. PMID: 21764049, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbient air pollutionGeneralized additive modelCase-crossover designConditional logistic regressionPediatric Medicaid populationAir pollutionAsthma morbidityAssociated with ambient air pollutionMedicaid populationEffects of air pollutionAsthma emergency department visitsAdditive modelLogistic regressionConditional logistic regression modelsAcute asthma eventsAssociations of SO2Interquartile range increaseCase-crossover analysisEmergency department visitsCase-crossover studyPM2.5 concentrationsPM2.5 thresholdLogistic regression modelsStrong effect sizesPM2.5