2025
Estimating the urban heat-related mortality burden due to greenness: a global modelling study
Wu Y, Wen B, Ye T, Huang W, Liu Y, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Tong S, Lavigne E, Roye D, Achilleos S, Ryti N, Pascal M, Zeka A, de'Donato F, da Silva S, Madureira J, Mistry M, Armstrong B, Bell M, Schwartz J, Guo Y, Li S, Network M. Estimating the urban heat-related mortality burden due to greenness: a global modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2025 PMID: 40318693, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(25)00062-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeat-mortality associationsEnhanced vegetation indexHeat-related deathsMortality burdenIncreased greennessMeta-regression modelsGlobal model studiesUrban areasCollaborative research networksModeling studiesHeat-related mortalityMeta-analytic approachDaily mortalityHealth impactsResearch NetworkHealth impacts of heat exposureRandom forest modelPublic health threatVegetation indexWarm seasonMulti-countryMean temperatureImpact of heat exposureDaily temperatureMitigation strategies
2024
Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5)
Yu W, Xu R, Ye T, Abramson M, Morawska L, Jalaludin B, Johnston F, Henderson S, Knibbs L, Morgan G, Lavigne E, Heyworth J, Hales S, Marks G, Woodward A, Bell M, Samet J, Song J, Li S, Guo Y. Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5). The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e146-e155. PMID: 38453380, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00003-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure to fine particulate matterFine particulate matterExposure-response functionsGlobal mortality burdenParticulate matterShort-term exposure to fine particulate matterShort-term exposure to air pollutionExposure to air pollutionUrban areasHealth effects of short-termGlobal urban areasAcute health effectsAnnual population countsAir pollutionMortality burdenHuman healthSpatiotemporal variationsEstimates of mortalityExposure levelsMitigation strategiesPopulation countsPremature deathTheoretical minimum risk exposure levelEffects of short-termLag effect
2020
Ambient air pollution per specific land use types and activities in an urbanizing Eastern Caribbean Country, St. Kitts and Nevis
Whittaker S, Deziel N, Zhang Y, Jin L, Edwards Q, Naraine L, Scarborough J, Allen D, Bell M. Ambient air pollution per specific land use types and activities in an urbanizing Eastern Caribbean Country, St. Kitts and Nevis. Environmental Research Communications 2020, 2: 041002. DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ab7abc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConstruction areaLand use characteristicsLand use factorsLand-use recordsSpecific land use typesUrban developmentUrban featuresLand use typesUrban areasConstruction sitesRecreation areasUse characteristicsTransport areaTransportation areaUse factorsWeather trendsUse typesRecreationConstructionUse recordsAir pollution
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