Search Results - "Mary B. Rice"

Long-term exposure to traffic emissions and fine particulate matter and lung function decline in the Framingham heart study by Rice, Mary B, Ljungman, Petter L, Wilker, Elissa H, Dorans, Kirsten S, Gold, Diane R, Schwartz, Joel, Koutrakis, Petros, Washko, George R, O'Connor, George T, Mittleman, Murray A

“…Few studies have examined associations between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and lung function decline in adults. To determine if…”
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Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Lung Function in the Framingham Heart Study by RICE, Mary B, LJUNGMAN, Petter L, WILKER, Elissa H, GOLD, Diane R, SCHWARTZ, Joel D, KOUTRAKIS, Petros, WASHKO, George R, O'CONNOR, George T, MITTLEMAN, Murray A

“…Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with lower lung function. Few studies have examined whether these associations are detectable…”
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Long- and short-term air pollution exposure and measures of arterial stiffness in the Framingham Heart Study by Ljungman, Petter L.S., Li, Wenyuan, Rice, Mary B., Wilker, Elissa H., Schwartz, Joel, Gold, Diane R., Koutrakis, Petros, Benjamin, Emelia J., Vasan, Ramachandran S., Mitchell, Gary F., Hamburg, Naomi M., Mittleman, Murray A.

“…Studies of air pollution exposure and arterial stiffness have reported inconsistent results and large studies employing the reference standard of arterial…”
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Short‐Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress: The Framingham Heart Study by Li, Wenyuan, Wilker, Elissa H., Dorans, Kirsten S., Rice, Mary B., Schwartz, Joel, Coull, Brent A., Koutrakis, Petros, Gold, Diane R., Keaney, John F., Lin, Honghuang, Vasan, Ramachandran S., Benjamin, Emelia J., Mittleman, Murray A.

“…Background Short‐term exposure to elevated air pollution has been associated with higher risk of acute cardiovascular diseases, with systemic oxidative stress…”
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Recent Marijuana Use and Associations With Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Pulmonary Function in Adults in the United States by Papatheodorou, Stefania I., MD, PhD, Buettner, Hannah, BA, Rice, Mary B., MD, MPH, Mittleman, Murray A., MD, DrPH

“…Background The medical and recreational use of marijuana is now legal in some parts of the United States; the health effects are unknown. We aimed to evaluate…”
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Protocol for the air purification for eosinophilic COPD study (APECS): a randomised controlled trial of home air filtration by HEPA by Saeed, Muhammad S, Denoncourt, Cailey M, Chao, Isabella A, Schortmann, Sophia, Nassikas, Nicholas J, Synn, Andrew J, Koutrakis, Petros, Coull, Brent A, Kang, Choong-Min, Wolfson, Jack M, Ferguson, Stephen T, Rebuli, Meghan E, Jaspers, Ilona, Liu, Jessica P, Greco, Kimberly F, Phipatanakul, Wanda, Rice, Mary B

“…IntroductionExposure to particulate matter (PM) pollution has been associated with lower lung function in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Relation of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution to Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation and Reactive Hyperemia by Wilker, Elissa H., ScD, Ljungman, Petter L., MD, PhD, Rice, Mary B., MD, Kloog, Itai, PhD, Schwartz, Joel, PhD, Gold, Diane R., MD, Koutrakis, Petros, PhD, Vita, Joseph A., MD, Mitchell, Gary F., MD, Vasan, Ramachandran S., MD, Benjamin, Emelia J., MD, ScM, Hamburg, Naomi M., MD, Mittleman, Murray A., MD, DrPH

“…Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Impaired vascular responses may, in part, explain…”
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Strategies for Clinical Discussions About Climate Change by Senay, Emily, Sarfaty, Mona, Rice, Mary B

“…Senay, Safaty, Rice discuss strategies for clinical discussions about climate change. The note that misinformation has contributed to the failed US response to…”
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Air pollution and lung function in children by Garcia, Erika, Rice, Mary B., Gold, Diane R.

“…In this narrative review, we summarize the literature and provide updates on recent studies of air pollution exposures and child lung function and lung…”
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The impact of personal and outdoor temperature exposure during cold and warm seasons on lung function and respiratory symptoms in COPD by Scheerens, Charlotte, Nurhussien, Lina, Aglan, Amro, Synn, Andrew J, Coull, Brent A, Koutrakis, Petros, Rice, Mary B

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often report aggravated symptoms due to heat and cold, but few studies have formally evaluated this. We…”
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Personal and community-level exposure to air pollution and daily changes in respiratory symptoms and oxygen saturation among adults with COPD by Aglan, Amro, Synn, Andrew J., Nurhussien, Lina, Chen, Kelly, Scheerens, Charlotte, Koutrakis, Petros, Coull, Brent, Rice, Mary B.

“…•Air pollution exposure was measured by portable personal and fixed community monitors.•Changes in COPD respiratory symptoms were self-reported by daily…”
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Nasal biomarkers of immune function differ based on smoking and respiratory disease status by Rebuli, Meghan E., Stanley Lee, Anna, Nurhussien, Lina, Tahir, Usman A., Sun, Wendy Y., Kimple, Adam J., Ebert, Charles S., Almond, Martha, Jaspers, Ilona, Rice, Mary B.

“…Respiratory biomarkers have the potential to identify airway injury by revealing inflammatory processes within the respiratory tract. Currently, there are no…”
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Study protocol for a national cohort of adults focused on respiratory health: the American Lung Association Lung Health Cohort (ALA-LHC) Study by Reyfman, Paul A, Sugar, Elizabeth, Hazucha, Heather, Hixon, Jenny, Reynolds, Curt, Bose, Sonali, Dransfield, Mark T, Han, MeiLan K, Estepar, Raul San Jose, Rice, Mary B, Washko, George R, Carnethon, Mercedes, Kalhan, Ravi

“…IntroductionThe current framework for investigating respiratory diseases is based on defining lung health as the absence of lung disease. In order to develop a…”
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Vascular remodeling of the small pulmonary arteries and measures of vascular pruning on computed tomography by Synn, Andrew J., Margerie-Mellon, Constance De, Jeong, Sun Young, Rahaghi, Farbod N., Jhun, Iny, Washko, George R., Estépar, Raúl San José, Bankier, Alexander A., Mittleman, Murray A., VanderLaan, Paul A., Rice, Mary B.

“…Pulmonary hypertension is characterized histologically by intimal and medial thickening in the small pulmonary arteries, eventually resulting in vascular…”
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Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air Pollution and Organ Systems by Schraufnagel, Dean E, Balmes, John R, Cowl, Clayton T, De Matteis, Sara, Jung, Soon-Hee, Mortimer, Kevin, Perez-Padilla, Rogelio, Rice, Mary B, Riojas-Rodriguez, Horacio, Sood, Akshay, Thurston, George D, To, Teresa, Vanker, Anessa, Wuebbles, Donald J

“…Although air pollution is well known to be harmful to the lung and airways, it can also damage most other organ systems of the body. It is estimated that about…”
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Small Airway Anatomy: An Indicator of Pollution Susceptibility in Adults? by Chen, Kelly, Rice, Mary B

“…Chen and Rice discuss a study by Bourbeau et al which examined dysanapsis, a mismatch of airway tree caliber to lung parenchyma size, as a potential indicator…”
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Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 1: The Damaging Effects of Air Pollution by Schraufnagel, Dean E, Balmes, John R, Cowl, Clayton T, De Matteis, Sara, Jung, Soon-Hee, Mortimer, Kevin, Perez-Padilla, Rogelio, Rice, Mary B, Riojas-Rodriguez, Horacio, Sood, Akshay, Thurston, George D, To, Teresa, Vanker, Anessa, Wuebbles, Donald J

“…Air pollution poses a great environmental risk to health. Outdoor fine particulate matter (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 μm) exposure…”
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Indoor air: Guidelines, policies, and regulation by Nassikas, Nicholas J., Horner, Elliott, Rice, Mary B.

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Contributions of asthma, rhinitis and IgE to exhaled nitric oxide in adolescents by Flashner, Bess M, Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L, Oken, Emily, Camargo, Jr, Carlos A, Platts-Mills, Thomas A E, Workman, Lisa, Litonjua, Augusto A, Gold, Diane R, Rice, Mary B

“…Exhaled nitric oxide fraction ( ) is an indicator of allergic airway inflammation. However, it is unknown how asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR) and allergic…”
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It's Not Just a Smoking-related Disease: Outdoor Pollution May Increase Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Garcia, Erika, Rice, Mary B

“…Garcia and Rice discuss the population-based study by Shin and colleagues of all 5 million adults living in the Canadian province of Ontario who were free of…”
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