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• Invited Perspective: Forward Progress in Characterizing the Mortality Burden of [PM.sub.2.5] for India.

  Authors:Sara D. Adar and Pallavi PantFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 130, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20222,006 words Viewpoint essay 1600LHome to nearly 1.4 billion people (World Bank 2022), India is one of the most populated countries in the world. India also has some of the highest levels of air pollution, with an estimated population-weighted mean fine...

• Markers of inflammation and coagulation after long-term exposure to coarse particulate matter: a cross-sectional analysis from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

  Authors:Sara D. Adar, Jennifer D'Souza, Kari Mendelsohn-Victor, David R. Jacobs, Jr., Mary Cushman, Lianne Sheppard, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 123, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20157,420 words Report 1420LBACKGROUND: Toxicological research suggests that coarse particles ([PM.sub.10-2.5]) are inflammatory, but responses are complex and may be best summarized by multiple inflammatory markers. Few human studies have...

• Longitudinal Analysis of Long-Term Air Pollution Levels and Blood Pressure: A Cautionary Tale from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

  Authors:Sara D. Adar, Yeh-Hsin Chen, Jennifer C. D'Souza, Marie S. O'Neill, Adam A. Szpiro, Amy H. Auchincloss, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 126, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20188,735 words Report 1500LBackground: Air pollution exposures are hypothesized to impact blood pressure, yet few longitudinal studies exist, their findings are inconsistent, and different adjustments have been made for potentially distinct...

• Exposure to Air Pollution in Relation to Risk of Dementia and Related Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Literature.

  Authors:Jennifer Weuve, Erin E. Bennett, Lynsie Ranker, Kan Z. Gianattasio, Meredith, Pedde, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 129, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 202116,078 words Report 1380LBACKGROUND: Dementia is a devastating neurologic condition that is common in older adults. We previously reviewed the epidemiological evidence examining the hypothesis that long-term exposure to air pollution affects...

• Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter Exposures and Associations with Acute Cardiac Events among Participants in a Telemedicine Service: A Case-Crossover Study

  Authors:Ronit Nirel, Sara D. Adar, Uri Dayan, Bella Vakulenko-Lagun, Michal Golovner, Ilan Levy, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 126, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20189,596 words Report 1480LBackground: Subclinical cardiovascular changes have been associated with ambient particulate matter (PM) exposures within hours. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to look for additional...

• Modeling the residential infiltration of outdoor PM2.5 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA air)

  Authors:Ryan W. Allen, Sara D. Adar, Ed Avol, Martin Cohen, Cynthia L. Curl, Timothy Larson, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 120, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20125,525 words Report 1490LBACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies of fine particulate matter [aerodynamic diameter [less than or equal to] 2.5 [micro]m ([PM.sub.2.5])] typically use outdoor concentrations as exposure surrogates. Failure to account for...

• Common genetic variation, residential proximity to traffic exposure, and left ventricular mass: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

  Authors:Victor C. Van Hee, Sara D. Adar, Adam A. Szpiro, Graham R. Barr, Ana Diez Roux, David A. Bluemke, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 118, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20107,056 words Report 1540LBACKGROUND: Elevated left ventricular mass (LVM) is a strong predictor of negative cardiovascular outcomes, including heart failure, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. A relationship between close (< 50 m compared with >...

• Longitudinal associations between neighborhood physical and social environments and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

  Authors:Paul J. Christine, Amy H. Auchincloss, Alain G. Bertoni, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Brisa N. Sanchez, Kari Moore, et al.From:JAMA Internal Medicine (Vol. 175, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

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• Air pollution and individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status: evidence from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

  Authors:Anjum Hajat, Ana V. Diez-Roux, Sara D. Adar, Amy H. Auchincloss, Gina S. Lovasi, Marie S. O'Neill, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 121, Issue 11-12) Peer-Reviewed

  November-December 20137,389 words Report 1410LBACKGROUND: Although research has shown that low socioeconomic status (SES) and minority communities have higher exposure to air pollution, few studies have simultaneously investigated the associations of individual and...

• Association Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function.

  Authors:Meng Wang, Carrie Pistenmaa Aaron, Jaime Madrigano, Eric A. Hoffman, Elsa Angelini, Jie Yang, et al.From:JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 322, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

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• Ambient coarse particulate matter and the right ventricle: the multi-ethnic study of Atherosclerosis

  Authors:Jennifer C. D'Souza, Steven M. Kawut, Laura R. Elkayam, Lianne Sheppard, Peter S. Thorne, David R. Jacobs, Jr., et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 125, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20176,702 words Report 1500LBackground: Coarse particulate matter ([PM.sub.10-2.5]) is primarily mechanically generated and includes crustal material, brake and tire wear, and biological particles. [PM.sub.10-2.5] is associated with pulmonary...

• How much are built environments changing, and where?: Patterns of change by neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics across seven U.S. metropolitan areas

  Authors:Jana A. Hirsch, Joe Grengs, Amy Schulz, Sara D. Adar, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Shannon J. Brines, et al.From:Social Science & Medicine (Vol. 169) Peer-Reviewed

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• Self-Reported Health and Metal Body Burden in an Electronic Waste Recycling Community in Northeastern Thailand.

  Authors:Rita Seith, Aubrey L. Arain, Kowit Nambunmee, Sara D. Adar, and Richard L. NeitzelFrom:Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Vol. 61, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

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• Air pollution and percent emphysema identified by computed tomography in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

  Authors:Sara D. Adar, Joel D. Kaufman, Ana V. Diez-Roux, Eric A. Hoffman, Jennifer D'Souza, Karen H. Stukovsky, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 123, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20157,306 words Report 1510LBackground: Air pollution is linked to low lung function and to respiratory events, yet little is known of associations with lung structure. Objectives: We examined associations of particulate matter ([PM.sub.2.5],...

• Fine Particulate Matter and Dementia Incidence in the Adult Changes in Thought Study.

  Authors:Rachel M. Shaffer, Magali N. Blanco, Ge Li, Sara D. Adar, Marco Carone, Adam A. Szpiro, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 129, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 202110,117 words Report 1420LBackground: Air pollution may be associated with elevated dementia risk. Prior research has limitations that may affect reliability, and no studies have evaluated this question in a population-based cohort of men and...