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.

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

Cathryn Tonne
Otavio Ranzani
Anna Alari
Joan Ballester
Xavier Basagaña
Carlos Chaccour
et al.
2024
Research Report 220

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

Marie Pedersen
Shuo Liu
Zorana J Andersen
Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
Jørgen Brandt
Esben Budtz-Jørgensen
et al.
2024
Research Report 219

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.

Estimating Model-Based Marginal Societal Health Benefits of Air Pollution Emission Reductions in the United States and Canada

Amir Hakami
Shunliu Zhao
Marjan Soltanzadeh
Petros Vasilakos
Anas Alhusban
Burak Oztaner
et al.
2024
Research Report 218

This report presents a study that estimated potential health benefits associated with reducing emissions from transportation and other sources at locations across the United States and Canada. Amir Hakami of Carleton University, Canada, and colleagues estimated the improvement in fine particulate matter concentrations and how many fewer deaths would be expected if fine particulate matter, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide emissions were reduced.