2025
Metrics of Urbanicity and Rurality in US-Based Epidemiologic Studies of Ambient Temperature and Health: A Scoping Review
Johnson N, Del Favero-Campbell A, Nori-Sarma A, Amezcua-Smith A, Lewis B, Chen C, Lin C, Foo D, Byun G, Choi H, Kim H, Berman J, Son J, Warren J, Chen K, Burrows K, Fong K, Goldsmith L, Meadows M, Smith M, Stewart R, Heo S, Lin S, Ning X, Choi Y, Bell M, Deziel N. Metrics of Urbanicity and Rurality in US-Based Epidemiologic Studies of Ambient Temperature and Health: A Scoping Review. Current Environmental Health Reports 2025, 12: 30. PMID: 40830732, PMCID: PMC12364962, DOI: 10.1007/s40572-025-00494-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrban-rural classificationRural-Urban Commuting Area codesEpidemiological studiesRural-Urban Continuum CodesHealth risk factorsUrban-rural differencesEnvironmental health risk factorBackgroundThe impactUS DepartmentContinuum CodesScoping ReviewUnited StatesArea codeIndependent reviewersUS CensusRural-urbanHealthRural areasRisk factorsUS-basedRuralMethodsUsing PubMedAdaptive capacityData sourcesMetrics of urbanization
2024
Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment
Song Y, Deziel N, Bell M. Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 19178-19188. PMID: 39412270, PMCID: PMC11627196, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c06942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresEnvironmental exposure assessmentExposure of particulate matterUrban/rural disparitiesDemographic compositionHealth StudyHealth researchPopulation-basedClassification systemExposure assessmentSpatial patternsHealth impactsRural areasHealthRuralParticulate matterLand surface temperatureWest VirginiaUnited StatesSurface temperatureUrbanizationResearch questionsAssessmentDisparitiesExposureResidential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Mental Health in a North American Preconception Cohort Study: 2013-2023.
Willis M, Campbell E, Selbe S, Koenig M, Gradus J, Nillni Y, Casey J, Deziel N, Hatch E, Wesselink A, Wise L. Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Mental Health in a North American Preconception Cohort Study: 2013-2023. American Journal Of Public Health 2024, 114: 923-934. PMID: 38991173, PMCID: PMC11306607, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2024.307730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotropic medication usePreconception cohort studyPrevalence ratiosMental healthDepressive symptomsMedication useCohort studyProspective cohortNorth American preconception cohort studyConfidence intervalsMental health symptomatologyPregnancy Study OnlineLog-binomial regressionCohort of USSevere depressive symptomsRestricted cubic splinesCross-sectional dataHealth symptomatologyPerceived stressCanadian womenPregnancy plannersBaseline dataCubic splinesHealthPreconception
2022
Synergies and Trade-Offs in Reducing Impacts of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Wildlife and Human Health
Deziel N, Shamasunder B, Pejchar L. Synergies and Trade-Offs in Reducing Impacts of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Wildlife and Human Health. BioScience 2022, 72: 472-480. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLand healthField of ecologyGas developmentState of knowledgeWildlifeEnvironmental impactsDomesticated animalsMultiple benefitsKnowledge gapsGas activitiesUnconventional oilHuman healthMitigation strategiesEnergy developmentTrade-OffsSiloed approachImpactProtective measuresEcologyCommon practicePublic healthLocalitiesHealthSynergy
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