Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science of the American Heart …

RD Brook, B Franklin, W Cascio, Y Hong, G Howard… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Air pollution is a heterogeneous, complex mixture of gases, liquids, and particulate matter.
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a consistent increased risk for cardiovascular …

Relation between elevated ambient temperature and mortality: a review of the epidemiologic evidence

R Basu, JM Samet - Epidemiologic reviews, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The effect of elevated temperature on mortality is a public health threat of considerable
magnitude. Every year, a large number of hospitalizations and deaths occur in association …

Epidemiology of lung cancer

AJ Alberg, JM Samet - Chest, 2003 - Elsevier
In the United States, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in both men
and women even though an extensive list of risk factors has been well-characterized. Far …

Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study

E Shahar, CW Whitney, S Redline, ET Lee… - American journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Disordered breathing during sleep is associated with acute, unfavorable effects on
cardiovascular physiology, but few studies have examined its postulated association with …

Association of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep apnea, and hypertension in a large community-based study

FJ Nieto, TB Young, BK Lind, E Shahar, JM Samet… - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
ContextSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and sleep apnea have been linked to
hypertension in previous studies, but most of these studies used surrogate information to …

[HTML][HTML] Fine particulate air pollution and mortality in 20 US cities, 1987–1994

JM Samet, F Dominici, FC Curriero… - New England journal …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Air pollution in cities has been linked to increased rates of mortality and
morbidity in developed and developing countries. Although these findings have helped lead …

Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases

F Dominici, RD Peng, ML Bell, L Pham, A McDermott… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextEvidence on the health risks associated with short-term exposure to fine particles
(particulate matter≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter [PM2. 5]) is limited. Results from the …

[HTML][HTML] Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

E Di Angelantonio, SN Bhupathiraju, D Wormser… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their
relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta …

Temperature and mortality in 11 cities of the eastern United States

FC Curriero, KS Heiner, JM Samet… - American journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Episodes of extremely hot or cold temperatures are associated with increased mortality.
Time-series analyses show an association between temperature and mortality across a …

Cancer risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: assessing what we really know

DJ Brenner, R Doll, DT Goodhead… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
High doses of ionizing radiation clearly produce deleterious consequences in humans,
including, but not exclusively, cancer induction. At very low radiation doses the situation is …