2025
Rapid climate action is needed: comparing heat vs. COVID-19-related mortality
Batibeniz F, Seneviratne S, Jha S, Ribeiro A, Suarez Gutierrez L, Raible C, Malhotra A, Armstrong B, Bell M, Lavigne E, Gasparrini A, Guo Y, Hashizume M, Masselot P, da Silva S, Royé D, Sera F, Tong S, Urban A, Vicedo-Cabrera A. Rapid climate action is needed: comparing heat vs. COVID-19-related mortality. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 1002. PMID: 39762298, PMCID: PMC11704295, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-82788-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Association between Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality: A Population-Based Case-Crossover Study Using Individual-Level Mortality Registry Confirmed by Medical Examiners
Kim H, Samet J, Bell M. Association between Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality: A Population-Based Case-Crossover Study Using Individual-Level Mortality Registry Confirmed by Medical Examiners. Environmental Health Perspectives 2022, 130: 117006. PMID: 36367781, PMCID: PMC9651183, DOI: 10.1289/ehp10836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 mortalityShort-term exposureCOVID-19Cook County Medical Examiner's OfficeTime-stratified case-crossover designCounty Medical Examiner's OfficeRisk of mortalityCase-crossover studyInterquartile range increaseLocation of deathCase-crossover analysisCase-crossover designDay of deathIndications of modificationMedical Examiner's OfficeAmbient air pollutionCOVID-19 deathsRace/ethnicityComorbid conditionsMortality registryPotential confoundersMortality burdenIQR increaseEpidemiological studiesMortality