2013 Publications

Personal exposures to fine particulate matter and black carbon in households cooking with biomass fuels in rural Ghana
Van Vliet, E.D., Asante, K., Jack, D.W., Kinney, P.L., Whyatt, R.M., Chillrud, S.N., ... & Owusu-Agyei, S. (2013). Environmental Research. View abstract.

Particulate matter pollution in African cities
Petkova, E.P., Jack, D.W., Volavka-Close, N.H., & Kinney, P.L. (2013). Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health. View abstract. 

Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5 and Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Madrigano, J., Kloog, I., Goldberg, R., Coull, B.A., Mittleman, M.A, & Schwartz, J. (2013). Environmental Health Perspectives. View abstract. 

Intrauterine exposure to fine particulate matter as a risk factor for increased susceptibility to acute broncho-pulmonary infections in early childhood
Jedrychowski, W.A., Perera, F.P., Spengler, J.D., Mroz, E., Stigter, L., Flak, E., ... & Jacek R. (2013). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. View abstract.

Urban Tree Canopy and Asthma, Wheeze, Rhinitis, and Allergic Sensitization to Tree Pollen in a New York City Birth Cohort
Lovasi, G.S., O’Neil-Dunne, J.P., Lu, J.W., Sheehan, D., Perzanowski, M.S., Macfaden, S.W., ... & Rundle A. (2013). Environmental Health Perspectives. View abstract. 

Projected heat-related mortality in the U.S. urban northeast
Petkova, E.P., Horton, R.M., Bader, D.A., & Kinney, P.L. (2013). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. View abstract. 

A cross-sectional, randomized cluster sample survey of household vulnerability to extreme heat among slum dwellers in Ahmedabad, India
Tran, K.V., Azhar, G.S., Nair, R., Knowlton, K., Jaiswal, A., Sheffield, P., ... & Hess, J. (2013). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. View abstract.

The Impact of Heat Waves on Children’s Health: A Systematic Review
Xu, Z., Sheffield, P.E., Su, H., Wang, X., Bi, Y., & Tong, S. (2013). International Journal of Biometeorology. View abstract. 

Projections of Seasonal Patterns in Temperature-Related Deaths for Manhattan, New York
Li, T., Horton, R.M., & Kinney, P. (2013). Nature Climate Change. View abstract. 

Temperature, Myocardial Infarction, and Mortality: Effect Modification by Individual- and Area-Level Characteristics
Madrigano, J., Mittleman, M.A., Baccarelli, A., Goldberg, R., Melly, S., von Klot, S., & Schwartz, J. (2013). Epidemiology. View abstract. 

Current and Future Heat Stress in Nicaraguan Work Places under a Changing Climate
Sheffield, P.E., Herrera, J.G., Lemke, B., Kjellstrom, T., Romero, L.E. (2013). Industrial Health. View abstract. 

The 1918 influenza pandemic in New York City: age-specific timing, mortality, and transmission dynamics
Yang, W., Petkova, E., & Shaman, J. (2013). Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. View abstract. 

Real-time influenza forecasts during the 2012-2013 season 
Shaman, J., Karspeck, A., Yang, W., Tamerius, J., & Lipsitch, M. (2013). Nature Communications. View abstract. 

Environmental Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Epidemics across Temperate and Tropical Climates 
Tamerius, J.D., Shaman, J., Alonso, W.J., Bloom-Feshbach, K., Uejio, C.K., Comrie, A., & Viboud, C. (2013). PLoS Pathogens. View abstract. 

Predictors of Indoor Absolute Humidity and Estimated Effects of Influenza Virus Survival in Grade School
Koep, T.H., Enders, F.T., Pierret, C., Ekker, S.C., Krageschmidt, D., Neff, K.L., ... & Shaman, J., et al. (2013). BMC Infectious Diseases. View abstract. 

Post-Sandy preparedness policies lag as sea levels rise
Knowlton, K., Rotkin-Ellman, M., & Sheffield, P. (2013). Environmental Health Perspectives. View abstract.