2025
Temporal trends in the association between temperature and firearm mortality
Choi H, Heo S, Bell M. Temporal trends in the association between temperature and firearm mortality. Environmental Research 2025, 275: 121384. PMID: 40081650, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirearm mortalityPublic health initiativesLow socioeconomic statusConditional logistic regressionFirearm mortality dataFirearm death ratesHealth inequalitiesMortality trendsAttributable fractionHealth initiativesCase-crossoverMortality dataSocioeconomic statusRacial/ethnic groupsTargeted interventionsBlack/African AmericanStratified analysisVulnerable populationsLogistic regressionWhite populationHealth impactsDeath rateFirearm deathsRace/ethnicityTemporal trends
2022
Residential exposure to petroleum refining and stroke in the southern United States
Kim H, Festa N, Burrows K, Kim D, Gill T, Bell M. Residential exposure to petroleum refining and stroke in the southern United States. Environmental Research Letters 2022, 17: 094018. PMID: 36340862, PMCID: PMC9629383, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStroke prevalenceSociodemographic factorsPropensity score-matched analysisSelf-reported strokeLow socioeconomic statusNon-Hispanic white populationStroke pathogenesisIncident strokeNon-Hispanic black populationHispanic ethnicityDisproportionate burdenResidential exposureStrokePrevalenceSocioeconomic statusWhite populationStandard deviation increaseExposureBlack populationPossible linkUnited StatesCensus tractsPercentage point increaseLarge proportionDeviation increase