Search Results - "EBI, K. L."

The Interplay of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Health by Orru, H., Ebi, K. L., Forsberg, B.

“…Purpose of Review Air pollution significantly affects health, causing up to 7 million premature deaths annually with an even larger number of hospitalizations…”
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Climate change and respiratory disease: European Respiratory Society position statement by Ayres, J. G, Forsberg, B, Annesi-Maesano, I, Dey, R, Ebi, K. L, Helms, P. J, Medina-Ramon, M, Windt, M, Forastiere, F, on behalf of Environment and Health Committee of European Respiratory Society

“…Climate change will affect individuals with pre-existing respiratory disease, but the extent of the effect remains unclear. The present position statement was…”
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The effect of temperature on food poisoning: a time-series analysis of salmonellosis in ten European countries by KOVATS, R. S., EDWARDS, S. J., HAJAT, S., ARMSTRONG, B. G., EBI, K. L., MENNE, B.

“…We investigated the relationship between environmental temperature and reported Salmonella infections in 10 European populations. Poisson regression adapted…”
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Reframing climate change assessments around risk: recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment by Weaver, C P, Moss, R H, Ebi, K L, Gleick, P H, Stern, P C, Tebaldi, C, Wilson, R S, Arvai, J L

“…Climate change is a risk management challenge for society, with uncertain but potentially severe outcomes affecting natural and human systems, across…”
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Climate Variability and Change in the United States: Potential Impacts on Vector- and Rodent-Borne Diseases by Gubler, Duane J., Reiter, Paul, Ebi, Kristie L., Yap, Wendy, Nasci, Roger, Patz, Jonathan A.

“…Diseases such as plague, typhus, malaria, yellow fever, and dengue fever, transmitted between humans by blood-feeding arthropods, were once common in the…”
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Weather changes associated with hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases and stroke in California, 1983-1998 by Ebi, K L, Exuzides, K A, Lau, E, Kelsh, M, Barnston, A

“…Poisson regression models were used to evaluate associations between temperature, precipitation, days of extreme heat, and other weather changes (lagged 7…”
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Magnetic field exposure and long-term survival among children with leukaemia by FOLIART, D. E, POLLOCK, B. H, MEZEI, G, IRIYE, R, SILVA, J. M, EBI, K. L, KHEIFETS, L, LINK, M. P, KAVET, R

“…We examined the association between magnetic field (MF) exposure and survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treated at 51 Pediatric…”
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Towards an Early Warning System for Heat Events by Ebi, K. L.

“…Severe and sustained episodes of hot weather during the summer season are associated with marked short-term increases in morbidity and mortality in the United…”
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The potential impacts of 21st century climatic and population changes on human exposure to the virus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti by Monaghan, Andrew J., Sampson, K. M., Steinhoff, D. F., Ernst, K. C., Ebi, K. L., Jones, B., Hayden, M. H.

“…The mosquito Aedes ( Ae ) . aegypti transmits the viruses that cause dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. We investigate how choosing alternate…”
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Distance-Weighted Traffic Density in Proximity to a Home Is a Risk Factor for Leukemia and Other Childhood Cancers by Pearson, Robert L., Wachtel, Howard, Ebi, Kristie L.

“…Occupational exposure to elevated concentrations of benzene is a known cause of leukemia in adults. Concentrations of benzene from motor vehicle exhaust could…”
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Hell and High Water: Practice-Relevant Adaptation Science by Moss, R. H., Meehl, G. A., Lemos, M. C., Smith, J. B., Arnold, J. R., Arnott, J. C., Behar, D., Brasseur, G. P., Broomell, S. B., Busalacchi, A. J., Dessai, S., Ebi, K. L., Edmonds, J. A., Furlow, J., Goddard, L., Hartmann, H. C., Hurrell, J. W., Katzenberger, J. W., Liverman, D. M., Mote, P. W., Moser, S. C., Kumar, A., Pulwarty, R. S., Seyller, E. A., Turner, B. L., Washington, W. M., Wilbanks, T. J.

“…Adaptation requires science that analyzes decisions, identifies vulnerabilities, improves foresight, and develops options. Informing the extensive preparations…”
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Climate change and child health: a scoping review and an expanded conceptual framework by Helldén, Daniel, Andersson, Camilla, Nilsson, Maria, Ebi, Kristie L, Friberg, Peter, Alfvén, Tobias

“…Climate change can have detrimental effects on child health and wellbeing. Despite the imperative for a fuller understanding of how climate change affects…”
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Governing the health risks of climate change: opportunities for regeneration in an age of planetary health by Bowen, KJ, Ebi, KL

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Historical and experimental evidence for enhanced concentration of artemesinin, a global anti-malarial treatment, with recent and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide by Zhu, C., Zeng, Q., McMichael, A., Ebi, K. L., Ni, K., Khan, A. S., Zhu, J., Liu, G., Zhang, X., Cheng, Lei, Ziska, L.H.

“…Although the role of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration [CO 2 ] on plant growth and fecundity is widely acknowledged as important within the…”
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Association of Normal Weather Periods and El Nino Events With Hospitalization for Viral Pneumonia in Females: California, 1983-1998 by Ebi, Kristie L, Exuzides, K. Alex, Lau, Edmund, Kelsh, Michael, Barnston, Anthony

“…This study examined associations between weather and hospitalizations of females for viral pneumonia during normal weather periods and El Niño events in the…”
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Corrigendum: 'Reframing climate change assessments around risk: recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment' (2017 Environ. Res. Lett. 12 080201) by Weaver, C P, Moss, R H, Ebi, K L, Gleick, P H, Stern, P C, Tebaldi, C, Wilson, R S, Arvai, J L

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The Potential Health Impacts of Climate Variability and Change for the United States: Executive Summary of the Report of the Health Sector of the U.S. National Assessment by Patz, Jonathan A., McGeehin, Michael A., Bernard, Susan M., Ebi, Kristie L., Epstein, Paul R., Grambsch, Anne, Gubler, Duane J., Reiter, Paul, Romieu, Isabelle, Rose, Joan B., Samet, Jonathan M., Trtanj, Juli

“…We examined the potential impacts of climate variability and change on human health as part of a congressionally mandated study of climate change in the United…”
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The possible role of contact current in cancer risk associated with residential magnetic fields by Kavet, R., Zaffanella, L. E., Daigle, J. P., Ebi, K. L.

“…Residential electrical wiring safety practices in the US result in the possibility of a small voltage (up to a few tenths of a volt) on appliance surfaces with…”
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Large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia in rats exposed to intermittent 60 Hz magnetic fields by Anderson, L.E., Morris, J.E., Miller, D.L., Rafferty, C.N., Ebi, K.L., Sasser, L.B.

“…An animal model for large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia in male Fischer 344 rats was utilized to determine whether magnetic field exposure can be shown…”
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Exposure to 60 Hz magnetic fields does not alter clinical progression of LGL leukemia in Fischer rats by Sasser, L.B., Morris, J.E., Miller, D.L., Rafferty, C.N., Ebi, K.L., Anderson, L.E.

“…Associations between exposure to 60-Hz magnetic fields in residential and occupational environments and the incidence of leukemia and other cancers has been…”
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