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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.

Long-Term Exposure to Outdoor Ultrafine Particles and Black Carbon and Effects on Mortality in Montreal and Toronto, Canada

Research Report 217

Scott Weichenthal

Marshall Lloyd

Arman Ganji

Leora Simon

Junshi Xu

Alessya Venuta

et al.

2024

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This report presents a study that assessed associations between long-term exposure to outdoor ultrafine particles (UFPs) and black carbon with mortality using several modeling approaches. The investigators applied exposure models developed through mobile monitoring in Toronto and Montreal to 1.5 million Canadian adults residing in both cities.

HEI releases report on utility of mobile monitoring

January 11, 2024

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Scalable Multipollutant Exposure Assessment Using Routine Mobile Monitoring Platforms

Research Report 216

Joshua Apte

Sarah E Chambliss

Kyle P Messier

Shahzad Gani

Adithi R Upadhya

Meenakshi Kushwaha

et al.

2024

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This report presents the results of a study led by Joshua Apte of the University of California, Berkeley, a recipient of HEI’s Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award. Apte and colleagues evaluated the use of mobile monitoring for several air pollution mapping and exposure assessment applications.

HEI Update Spring 2023

Newsletter

Health Effects Institute

2023

Topics:

Air Pollution

Traffic-related

Global Health

In this issue of HEI's quarterly Update, read about:

New members of the HEI Board and scientific committees
The launch of HEI’s Environmental Justice Program
A new report on air quality and health impacts in Africa
Two recently launched studies on non-tailpipe emissions

...and more!

HEI Update Fall 2022

Newsletter

Health Effects Institute

2022

Topics:

Air Pollution

Multipollutant Mixtures

Particulate Matter

Traffic-related

In this issue of HEI Update, read about:

HEI’s comprehensive new scientific review on traffic-related air pollution
An HEI study assessing health effects at very low air pollution levels in Canada
A new inclusive summer fellowship
Our successful hybrid Annual Conference 2022

…and more!

Study aims to better understand air pollutant concentrations near busy roads

August 30, 2022

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution, especially at the higher levels occurring in cities, has been associated with adverse health effects such as childhood asthma, impaired lung function, and cardiovascular disease.

Characterizing Determinants of Near-Road Ambient Air Quality for an Urban Intersection and a Freeway Site

Research Report 207

H Christopher Frey

Andrew P Grieshop

Andrey Khlystov

John J Bang

Nagui Rouphail

Joseph Guinness

et al.

2022

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This report presents a study led by H. Christopher Frey of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The investigators measured six air pollutants (nitrogen oxides, ultrafine particles, black carbon, fine particles, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone) near a freeway and in an urban area.

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