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
2017
Is ambient temperature associated with risk of infant mortality? A multi-city study in Korea
Son JY, Lee JT, Bell ML. Is ambient temperature associated with risk of infant mortality? A multi-city study in Korea. Environmental Research 2017, 158: 748-752. PMID: 28750343, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall hazard ratioHazard ratioInfant mortalityExtended Cox proportional hazardsRisk of mortalityCox proportional hazardsCause of deathCause deathTime-dependent covariatesMaternal characteristicsStratified analysisTotal deathsMother's ageBirth cohortDeath recordsProportional hazardsMortalityDeathPositive associationRiskExposure periodMonthsBirthAgeLimited studies
2016
Urban vegetation and heat-related mortality in Seoul, Korea
Son JY, Lane KJ, Lee JT, Bell ML. Urban vegetation and heat-related mortality in Seoul, Korea. Environmental Research 2016, 151: 728-733. PMID: 27644031, PMCID: PMC5071166, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeat-related health outcomesTemperature-mortality associationEffect modificationHealth burdenStratified analysisMortality riskHealth outcomesTotal mortalityHeat-related mortalityMortalityMortality effectsAssociationHighest mortality effectSimilar effectsAgeSexRiskIndividual characteristicsGroupOverdispersed Poisson
2015
The impact of temperature on mortality in a subtropical city: effects of cold, heat, and heat waves in São Paulo, Brazil
Son JY, Gouveia N, Bravo MA, de Freitas CU, Bell ML. The impact of temperature on mortality in a subtropical city: effects of cold, heat, and heat waves in São Paulo, Brazil. International Journal Of Biometeorology 2015, 60: 113-121. PMID: 25972308, PMCID: PMC4644507, DOI: 10.1007/s00484-015-1009-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory mortalityNon-hospital deathsHigher mortality riskCause of deathCardiovascular mortalityStratified analysisMortality riskCold effectsTotal mortalityOlder personsMortalityPercentile of temperatureRiskSão PauloDeathNon-heat wave daysPercentileCold-related mortalitySubtropical cityOverall effectGeneralized linear modeling
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