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• Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and COVID-19 severity: a prospective cohort study.

  Authors:Chen Chen, John Wang, Jeff Kwong, JinHee Kim, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, et al.From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 194, Issue 20) Peer-Reviewed

  May 24, 20224,844 words Clinical report 1960LBackground: The tremendous global health burden related to COVID-19 means that identifying determinants of COVID-19 severity is important for prevention and intervention. We aimed to explore long-term exposure to ambient...

• Association of Sulfur, Transition Metals, and the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor [PM.sub.2.5] with Acute Cardiovascular Events: A Case-Crossover Study of Canadian Adults.

  Authors:Scott Weichenthal, Eric Lavigne, Alison Traub, Dana Umbrio, Hongyu You, Krystal Pollitt, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 129, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20218,323 words Report 1640LBackground: We do not currently understand how spatiotemporal variations in the composition of fine particulate air pollution [fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter [less than or equal to] 2.5 [micro]m...

• Temperature variability and mortality: a multi-country study

  Authors:Yuming Guo, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben G. Armstrong, Benjawan Tawatsupa, Aurelio Tobias, Eric Lavigne, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 124, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20165,348 words Clinical report 1420LBACKGROUND: The evidence and method are limited for the associations between mortality and temperature variability (TV) within or between days. OBJECTIVES: We developed a novel method to calculate TV and investigated...

• Erratum: "The Role of Humidity in Associations of High Temperature with Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicity Study".

  Authors:Ben Armstrong, Francesco Sera, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Rosana Abrutzky, Daniel Oudin Astrom, Michelle L. Bell, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 127, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 201960 words Correction notice, B... 820LDuring editing, the article title, "The Role of Humidity in Associations of High Temperature with Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicity Study," was inadvertently changed to "The Role of Humidity in Associations of High...

• Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of long term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and mortality

  Authors:David M. Stieb, Rania Berjawi, Monica Emode, Carine Zheng, Dina Salama, Robyn Hocking, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 4, 20219,198 words Report 1770LObjective To determine whether long term exposure to outdoor nitrogen dioxide (NO.sub.2) is associated with all-cause or cause-specific mortality. Methods MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Health and Toxline...

• Residential Greenness and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence, Readmission, and Mortality.

  Authors:Hong Chen, Richard T. Burnett, Li Bai, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Dan L. Crouse, Eric Lavigne, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 128, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 202010,181 words Article 1500LBackground: Living in greener areas of cities was linked to increased physical activity levels, improved mental well-being, and lowered harmful environmental exposures, all of which may affect human health. However,...

• Suicide and Ambient Temperature: A Multi-Country Multi-City Study.

  Authors:Yoonhee Kim, Ho Kim, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Yasushi Honda, Yeonseung Chung, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 127, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20199,085 words Report 1500LBackground: Previous literature suggests that higher ambient temperature may play a role in increasing the risk of suicide. However, no multicountry study has explored the shape of the association and the role of...

• Creation by Numbers

  Author:Eric LaVigneFrom:Parabola (Vol. 24, Issue 3)

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• Can breast implants hinder breast cancer survival?

  Authors:Eric Lavigne and Jacques BrissonFrom:Women's Health (Vol. 9, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20131,397 words Report 1450LAuthor(s): Eric Lavigne [*] 1 , Jacques Brisson 2 Cosmetic breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure in the USA [101] . Although cosmetic breast implants are popular, these devices still...

• Temporal variation in heat-mortality associations: a multicountry study

  Authors:Antonio Gasparrini, Yuming Guo, Masahiro Hashizume, Patrick L. Kinney, Elisaveta P. Petkova, Eric Lavigne, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 123, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20156,746 words Report 1440LBACKGROUND: Recent investigations have reported a decline in the heat-related mortality risk during the last decades. However, these studies are frequently based on modeling approaches that do not fully characterize the...

• Heat wave and mortality: a multicountry, multicommunity study

  Authors:Yuming Guo, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben G. Armstrong, Benjawan Tawatsupa, Aurelio Tobias, Eric Lavigne, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 125, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20178,188 words Report 1510LBackground: Few studies have examined variation in the associations between heat waves and mortality in an international context. Objectives: We aimed to systematically examine the impacts of heat waves on mortality...

• The Role of Humidity in Associations of High Temperature with Mortality: A Multiauthor, Multicity Study.

  Authors:Ben Armstrong, Francesco Sera, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Rosana Abrutzky, Daniel Oudin Astrom, Michelle L. Bell, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 127, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20196,116 words Article 1510LBackground: There is strong experimental evidence that physiologic stress from high temperatures is greater if humidity is higher. However, heat indices developed to allow for this have not consistently predicted...

• Longer-Term Impact of High and Low Temperature on Mortality: An International Study to Clarify Length of Mortality Displacement

  Authors:Ben Armstrong, Michelle L. Bell, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Yuming Quo, Patrick Goodman, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 125, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20175,055 words Report 1620LBackground: In many places, daily mortality has been shown to increase after days with particularly high or low temperatures, but such daily time-series studies cannot identify whether such increases reflect substantial...

• Airborne pollen concentrations and emergency room visits for myocardial infarction: a multicity case-crossover study in Ontario, Canada

  Authors:Scott Weichenthal, Eric Lavigne, Paul J. Villeneuve, and Francois ReevesFrom:American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 183, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 1, 2016214 words Author abstract, Cas...

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• Changes in susceptibility to heat during the summer: a multicountry analysis

  Authors:Antonio Gasparrini, Yuming Guo, Masahiro Hashizume, Eric Lavigne, Aurelio Tobias, Antonella Zanobetti, et al.From:American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 183, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  June 1, 2016205 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Adverse Birth Outcomes: Effect Modification by Regional Nonvolatile Oxidative Potential

  Authors:Eric Lavigne, Richard T. Burnett, David M. Stieb, Greg J. Evans, Krystal J. Godri Pollitt, Hong Chen, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 126, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20188,406 words Article 1580LBACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution with aerodynamic diameter [less than or equal to] 2.5 [micro]m ([PM.sub.2.5]) has been associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight (LBW),...

• Exploration of the spatial patterns and determinants of asthma prevalence and health services use in Ontario using a Bayesian approach

  Authors:Alexandra M. Ouedraogo, Eric J. Crighton, Michael Sawada, Teresa To, Kevin Brand, and Eric LavigneFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 10, 20187,396 words Report 1580LThe purpose of this study was to examine the spatial variability of asthma outcomes in Ontario, Canada and broad environmental factors that contribute to this variability. Age-/sex-standardized asthma prevalence and...

• Air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma in Windsor, Canada

  Authors:Eric Lavigne, Paul J. Villeneuve, and Sabit CakmakFrom:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 103, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 20123,671 words Report 1710LObjectives: The city of Windsor is recognized to have poor air quality in comparison with other Canadian cities. However, relatively few studies have evaluated associations between day-to-day fluctuations in air...

• Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and fetal markers of metabolic function: the MIREC study

  Authors:Eric Lavigne, Jillian Ashley-Martin, Linda Dodds, Tye E. Arbuckle, Perry Hystad, Markey Johnson, et al.From:American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 183, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  May 1, 2016212 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• How structural and procedural features of managers' performance appraisals facilitate their politicization: A study of Canadian university deans' reappointments

  Author:Eric LavigneFrom:European Management Journal (Vol. 36, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2018183 words Report

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