RFA 14-3

This report presents a comprehensive HEI study examining potential health risks from low levels of air pollution exposure in millions of Canadian citizens. Michael Brauer at The University of British Columbia and his colleagues combined satellite data, air monitor sampling, and atmospheric modeling to estimate outdoor PM_2.5 exposures across Canada from 1981 to 2016.

Assessing Adverse Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Low Levels of Ambient Air Pollution: Implementation of Causal Inference Methods

Research Report 211

Francesca Dominici

Antonella Zanobetti

Joel Schwartz

Danielle Braun

Ben Sabath

Xiao Wu

2022

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Statistical Methods

Research Report 211 presents a major HEI study by Dr. Francesca Dominici of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and colleagues. The investigators examined the risk of mortality associated with exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations in a cohort of 68.5 million older Americans.

Mortality and Morbidity Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Low-Level PM2.5, BC, NO2, and O3: An Analysis of European Cohorts in the ELAPSE Project

Research Report 208

Bert Brunekreef

Maciej Strak

Jie Chen

Zorana J Andersen

Richard Atkinson

Mariska Bauwelinck

et al.

2021

Topics:

Nitrogen Oxides

Ozone & Oxidants

Exposure Methods

Research Report 208 presents a study by Bert Brunekreef at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and colleagues examining associations between exposures to relatively low levels of air pollution below the current EU standards and several health outcomes among participants in 22 European cohorts.

Mortality–Air Pollution Associations in Low-Exposure Environments (MAPLE): Phase 1

Research Report 203

Michael Brauer

Jeffrey R. Brook

Tanya Christidis

Yen Chu

Dan Crouse

Anders Erickson

Perry Hystad

Chi Li

Randall V Martin

Jun Meng

Amanda J. Pappin

Lauren L. Pinault

Michael Tjepkema

Aaron van Donkelaar

Scott Weichenthal

Richard T Burnett

2019

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Research Report 203 describes the first-phase results of a study evaluating the relationship between long-term exposure to low concentrations of PM_2.5 and non-accidental mortality, including a characterization of the shape of the concentration–response functions, in a large population-based cohort (~9 million adults) in Canada. The report also presents the detailed Commentary on the study by HEI’s Low-Exposure Epidemiology Studies Review Panel.

Assessing Adverse Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Low Levels of Ambient Air Pollution: Phase 1

Research Report 200

Francesca Dominici

Joel Schwartz

Qian Di

Danielle Braun

Christine Choirat

Antonella Zanobetti

2019

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