2025
Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Deziel N, Wang R, Warren J, Dinauer C, Ogilvie J, Clark C, Zhong C, Wiemels J, Morimoto L, Metayer C, Ma X. Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 2025, 133: 057026. PMID: 40209106, PMCID: PMC12121722, DOI: 10.1289/ehp14849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAir PollutantsCaliforniaCarcinoma, PapillaryCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLightingMaleParticulate MatterPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsRisk FactorsThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsYoung AdultConceptsThyroid cancer riskOutdoor artificial lightAmbient fine particulate matterCancer riskOdds ratioAge groupsConfidence intervalsExposure to ambient fine particulate matterIndividual-level exposuresAssociated with thyroid cancerPediatric thyroid cancer incidenceControls frequency-matchedPapillary thyroid cancer riskThyroid cancer incidenceFine particulate matterCalifornia birth cohortOutdoor air pollutionAerodynamic diameter <Case-control studyHypothesized risk factorsStatistically significant associationCancer incidenceThyroid cancerExposure tertilesFrequency-matchedPreterm and early-term delivery after heat waves in eight US states: A case-crossover study using the High-resolution Urban Meteorology for Impacts Dataset (HUMID).
Fitch A, Huang M, Strickland M, Newman A, Kalb C, Warren J, Zheng X, Chang H, Darrow L. Preterm and early-term delivery after heat waves in eight US states: A case-crossover study using the High-resolution Urban Meteorology for Impacts Dataset (HUMID). Environmental Health Perspectives 2025 PMID: 40392097, DOI: 10.1289/ehp15953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly-term birthEarly-termAssociated with earlier birthEarly-term deliveryPreterm birth ORSingleton pretermPreterm birthPretermPooled ORHeat wavesPooled resultsOdds ratioInverse-variance weightingUrban meteorologyEarly birthBirthImpact datasetsMean temperatureElevated oddsThreshold categoriesVital recordsCase-crossover studyORAcute relationshipsSurface temperature dataHeat Waves and Early Birth: Exploring Vulnerability by Individual‐ and Area‐Level Factors
Fitch A, Huang M, Strickland M, Newman A, Kalb C, Warren J, Kelley S, Zheng X, Chang H, Darrow L. Heat Waves and Early Birth: Exploring Vulnerability by Individual‐ and Area‐Level Factors. GeoHealth 2025, 9: e2025gh001348. PMID: 40271078, PMCID: PMC12015208, DOI: 10.1029/2025gh001348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchZip code tabulation areasArea-level factorsEarly term birthSocial deprivationSocial deprivation indexHigh social deprivationTerm birthsCase-crossover designState vital recordsInverse-variance weightingDeprivation indexSocioeconomic disadvantageHealth outcomesMaternal residenceHeat wave exposureMaternal educationVital recordsExposure windowsOdds ratioArea levelIndividual-levelMaternal ageBirth riskPositive associationSchool education
2024
Phylogeographic Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from Patients with M. kansasii Lung Disease in Industrialized City, Taiwan - Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Tobias Cudahy P, Liu P, Warren J, Sobkowiak B, Yang C, Ioerger T, Wu C, Lu P, Wang J, Chang H, Huang H, Cohen T, Lin H. Phylogeographic Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from Patients with M. kansasii Lung Disease in Industrialized City, Taiwan - Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2024, 30: 1562-1570. PMID: 39043390, PMCID: PMC11286038, DOI: 10.3201/eid3008.240021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsM. kansasii lung diseaseM. kansasii pulmonary diseasePulmonary diseaseM. kansasii isolatesSputum mycobacterial cultureWhole-genome sequencingEvaluate risk factorsPhylogeographic analysisAge of participantsGenetic relatednessEnvironmental acquisitionLung diseaseMycobacterial cultureOdds ratioRisk factorsM. kansasiiPatientsDiseasePlantsEnvironmental transmissionIsolatesPark plantingsCDCRisk
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