Air Pollution & Climate

We use a combination of field studies and administrative data to study the sources, concentrations and health effects of air pollution throughout the world, and to evaluate interventions and policies for reducing air pollution exposure. We have conducted field studies in Kenya, Ghana, The Gambia and China that, through their innovative design and data, have significantly advanced our understanding of air pollution sources, health effects and interventions. We also use large administrative data such as vital statistics to investigate the health effects of air pollution and temperature, and to understand how changes over time, as a result of control policies or climate change, may influence human health and health inequalities. A particular feature of this work is the development and application of new methodology for estimating variations in effects over age, space and time and to identify factors that make communities vulnerable or resilient to these effects.

 

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Lopez AD, Mathers CD, Ezzati M, Jamison D, Murray CJL

Measuring the global burden of disease and risk factors, 1990-2001

Lopez AD; Mathers CD; Ezzati M; Jamison D; Murray CJL (Ed.): Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, pp. 1-14, Oxford University Press, New York, 2006, ISBN: ISBN-10: 0-8213-6262-3ISBN-13: 978-0-8213-6262-4.

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Smith KR, Ezzati M

How environmental risks change with development: the epidemiologic and environmental risk transitions revisited

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 30 , pp. 291-333, 2005.

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Danaei G, Vander Hoorn S, Lopez AD, Murray CJL, Ezzati M

Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors

Lancet, 366 (9499), pp. 1784-1793, 2005.

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Jin Y, Zhou Z, He G, Wei H, Liu J, Liu F, Tang N, Ying B, Liu Y, Hu G, Wang H, Balakrishnan K, Watson K, Baris E, Ezzati M

Geographical, spatial, and temporal distributions of multiple indoor air pollutants in four Chinese provinces

Environmental Science and Technology, 39 (24), pp. 9431-9439, 2005.

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Jin Y, Zhou Z, He G, Wei H, Liu J, Liu F, Ying B, Liu Y, Hu G, Wang H, Balakrishnan K, Watson K, Baris E, Ezzati M

Spatial distributions of indoor household concentrations of multiple indoor air pollutants in four Chinese provinces

The Proceedings of Indoor Air 2005: the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Beijing, China, 2005, ISBN: 7894948306, 9787894948304.

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