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HEI publishes second large study on air pollution and COVID-19

September 13, 2024

HEI has published a new Research Report, Air Pollution in Relation to COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study in Catalonia, Spain, which presents a study led by Cathryn Tonne of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.

Air Pollution in Relation to COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study in Catalonia, Spain (COVAIR)

Research Report 220

Cathryn Tonne

Otavio Ranzani

Anna Alari

Joan Ballester

Xavier Basagaña

Carlos Chaccour

et al.

2024

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This study evaluated associations between exposure to outdoor air pollution and risk of hospital admissions, disease severity, and death related to coronavirus disease among 4.6 million adults in Catalonia, Spain, in 2020.

Birth Cohort Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life and Development of Asthma in Children and Adolescents from Denmark

Research Report 219

Marie Pedersen

Shuo Liu

Zorana J Andersen

Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

Jørgen Brandt

Esben Budtz-Jørgensen

et al.

2024

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Air Pollution

Nitrogen Oxides

Multipollutant Mixtures

This report presents a study led by Marie Pedersen of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Pedersen and colleagues examined children’s asthma in four Danish cohorts and focused on exposure to an array of air pollutants, including fine particulate matter, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and combinations of those pollutants.

New report on air pollution and childhood asthma risk

September 6, 2024

HEI has published a new Research Report, Birth Cohort Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life and Development of Asthma in Children and Adolescents from Denmark. The study presented in the report, led by Marie Pedersen of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, examined children’s asthma in four Danish cohorts and focused on exposure to an array of air pollutants.

September 2021 Update now available

September 24, 2021

In this issue of Update, read about a major HEI study in Europe that found evidence of health effects at low levels of air pollution; a new Board Chair; our first-ever Director of Science Communications; steps HEI is taking toward diversity, equity, and inclusion; the launch of new studies on wildfires and the effectiveness of air quality policies, and more.