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Publications

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Selected Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Health Effects Institute
2022
Special Report 23

This comprehensive scientific review examines the evidence for associations between several adverse health effects and traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). The review, the largest of its type to date, was conducted by a panel of 13 renowned experts who evaluated 353 published scientific reports on traffic pollution and related health effects between 1980 and 2019.

Effect of Air Pollution Reductions on Mortality During the COVID-19 Lockdowns in Early 2020

Kai Chen
Yiqun Ma
Anne Marb
Federica Nobile
Robert Dubrow
Massimo Stafoggia
et al.
2025
Research Report 224

This report presents a study led by Kai Chen of the Yale School of Public Health. Chen and colleagues used the unique scenario of COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 to understand how a pause in human activity might affect day-to-day changes in air pollution and the resulting effects on health.

Air Pollution Exposure, Prefrontal Connectivity, and Emotional Behavior in Early Adolescence

Megan Herting
Elisabeth Burnor
Hedyeh Ahmadi
Sandrah P Eckel
William Gauderman
Joel Schwartz
et al.
2025
Research Report 225

This report presents a study led by Megan Herting of the University of Southern California, a recipient of HEI’s 2019 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award. Herting and colleagues examined whether childhood and prenatal exposure to residential outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was associated with neurodevelopment over a 1-year period in a nationally representative cohort of children ages 9–10 in the United States.

Comparison of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure from Mobile and Routine Monitoring, Low-Cost Sensors, and Dispersion Models

Gerard Hoek
Femke Bouma
Nicole Janssen
Joost Wesseling
Sjoerd van Ratingen
Jules Kerckhoffs
et al.
2025
Research Report 226

This report presents a study led by Gerard Hoek at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Hoek and colleagues compared the performance of a suite of long-term exposure assessment models in the Netherlands for four air pollutants: ultrafine particles, black carbon, fine particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide.