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Airborne particles are a risk factor for hospital admissions for heart and lung disease.
A Zanobetti, J Schwartz, and D W Dockery
Environ Health Perspect. 2000 November; 108(11): 1071–1077.
PMCID: PMC1240165
 Is Cited by the Following Articles in this Archive:
The Effect of Fine and Coarse Particulate Air Pollution on Mortality: A National Analysis
Antonella Zanobetti and Joel Schwartz
Environ Health Perspect. 2009 June; 117(6): 898–903. Published online 2009 February 13. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800108.
PMCID: PMC2702403
Health effects of ambient air pollution – recent research development and contemporary methodological challenges
Cizao Ren and Shilu Tong
Environ Health. 2008; 7: 56. Published online 2008 November 6. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-56.
PMCID: PMC2613877
Particulate air pollution and survival in a COPD cohort
Antonella Zanobetti, Marie-Abele C Bind, and Joel Schwartz
Environ Health. 2008; 7: 48. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-48.
PMCID: PMC2572050
Effect Modification by Community Characteristics on the Short-term Effects of Ozone Exposure and Mortality in 98 US Communities
Michelle L. Bell and Francesca Dominici
Am J Epidemiol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 June 18.
PMCID: PMC2430754
Published in final edited form as: Am J Epidemiol. 2008 April 15; 167(8): 986–997. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwm396.
The Effect of Dose and Timing of Dose on the Association between Airborne Particles and Survival
Joel Schwartz, Brent Coull, Francine Laden, and Louise Ryan
Environ Health Perspect. 2008 January; 116(1): 64–69. Published online 2007 October 5. doi: 10.1289/ehp.9955.
PMCID: PMC2199297
Particulate Air Pollution, Progression, and Survival after Myocardial Infarction
Antonella Zanobetti and Joel Schwartz
Environ Health Perspect. 2007 May; 115(5): 769–775. Published online 2007 February 20. doi: 10.1289/ehp.9201.
PMCID: PMC1867961
Air pollution and emergency admissions in Boston, MA
Antonella Zanobetti and Joel Schwartz
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 October; 60(10): 890–895. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.039834.
PMCID: PMC2566060
Comparison of different methods in analyzing short-term air pollution effects in a cohort study of susceptible individuals
Annette Peters, Stephanie von Klot, Niklas Berglind, Allmut Hörmann, Hannelore Löwel, Fredrik Nyberg, Juha Pekkanen, Carlo A Perucci, Massimo Stafoggia, Jordi Sunyer, Pekka Tiittanen, and Francesco Forastiere
Epidemiol Perspect Innov. 2006; 3: 10. Published online 2006 August 9. doi: 10.1186/1742-5573-3-10.
PMCID: PMC1601954
Air pollution and cardiovascular admissions association in Spain: results within the EMECAS project
F Ballester, P Rodríguez, C Iñíguez, M Saez, A Daponte, I Galán, M Taracido, F Arribas, J Bellido, F B Cirarda, A Cañada, J J Guillén, F Guillén‐Grima, E López, S Pérez‐Hoyos, A Lertxundi, and S Toro
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 April; 60(4): 328–336. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.037978.
PMCID: PMC2566168
Origin and Health Impacts of Emissions of Toxic By-Products and Fine Particles from Combustion and Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Wastes and Materials
Stephania A. Cormier, Slawo Lomnicki, Wayne Backes, and Barry Dellinger
Environ Health Perspect. 2006 June; 114(6): 810–817. Published online 2006 January 26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.8629.
PMCID: PMC1480527
Can We Identify Sources of Fine Particles Responsible for Exercise-Induced Ischemia on Days with Elevated Air Pollution? The ULTRA Study
Timo Lanki, Jeroen J. de Hartog, Joachim Heinrich, Gerard Hoek, Nicole A.H. Janssen, Annette Peters, Matthias Stölzel, Kirsi L. Timonen, Marko Vallius, Esko Vanninen, and Juha Pekkanen
Environ Health Perspect. 2006 May; 114(5): 655–660. Published online 2006 January 13. doi: 10.1289/ehp.8578.
PMCID: PMC1459915
The Association between Fatal Coronary Heart Disease and Ambient Particulate Air Pollution: Are Females at Greater Risk?
Lie Hong Chen, Synnove F. Knutsen, David Shavlik, W. Lawrence Beeson, Floyd Petersen, Mark Ghamsary, and David Abbey
Environ Health Perspect. 2005 December; 113(12): 1723–1729. Published online 2005 August 2. doi: 10.1289/ehp.8190.
PMCID: PMC1314912
Particulate Air Pollution and the Rate of Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure among Medicare Beneficiaries in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gregory A. Wellenius, Thomas F. Bateson, Murray A. Mittleman, and Joel Schwartz.
Am J Epidemiol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2006 September 11.
PMCID: PMC1563499
Published in final edited form as: Am J Epidemiol. 2005 June 1; 161(11): 1030–1036. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwi135.
Manuscript: | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–309K |
A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach for Relating PM2.5 Exposure to Cardiovascular Mortality in North Carolina
Christopher H. Holloman, Steven M. Bortnick, Michele Morara, Warren J. Strauss, and Catherine A. Calder
Environ Health Perspect. 2004 September; 112(13): 1282–1288. Published online 2004 June 3. doi: 10.1289/ehp.6980.
PMCID: PMC1247517
Is the association of airborne particles with daily deaths confounded by gaseous air pollutants? An approach to control by matching.
Joel Schwartz
Environ Health Perspect. 2004 April; 112(5): 557–561.
PMCID: PMC1241921
Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods.
Marie S O'Neill, Michael Jerrett, Ichiro Kawachi, Jonathan I Levy, Aaron J Cohen, Nelson Gouveia, Paul Wilkinson, Tony Fletcher, Luis Cifuentes, Joel Schwartz, and Workshop on Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Conditions
Environ Health Perspect. 2003 December; 111(16): 1861–1870.
PMCID: PMC1241758
Temperature, air pollution, and hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases among elderly people in Denver.
Petra J M Koken, Warren T Piver, Frank Ye, Anne Elixhauser, Lola M Olsen, and Christopher J Portier
Environ Health Perspect. 2003 August; 111(10): 1312–1317.
PMCID: PMC1241612
The temporal pattern of respiratory and heart disease mortality in response to air pollution.
Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Evi Samoli, Alexandros Gryparis, Giota Touloumi, Janet Peacock, Ross H Anderson, Alain Le Tertre, Janos Bobros, Martin Celko, Ayana Goren, Bertil Forsberg, Paola Michelozzi, Daniel Rabczenko, Santiago Perez Hoyos, H Erich Wichmann, and Klea Katsouyanni
Environ Health Perspect. 2003 July; 111(9): 1188–1193.
PMCID: PMC1241573
Particle concentrations in inner-city homes of children with asthma: the effect of smoking, cooking, and outdoor pollution.
Lance A Wallace, Herman Mitchell, George T O'Connor, Lucas Neas, Morton Lippmann, Meyer Kattan, Jane Koenig, James W Stout, Ben J Vaughn, Dennis Wallace, Michelle Walter, Ken Adams, Lee-Jane Sally Liu, and Inner-City Asthma Study
Environ Health Perspect. 2003 July; 111(9): 1265–1272.
PMCID: PMC1241585
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Particulate Matter Health Effects Research Centers Program: a midcourse report of status, progress, and plans.
Morton Lippmann, Mark Frampton, Joel Schwartz, Douglas Dockery, Richard Schlesinger, Petros Koutrakis, John Froines, Andre Nel, Jack Finkelstein, John Godleski, Joel Kaufman, Jane Koenig, Tim Larson, Dan Luchtel, L-J Sally Liu, Gunter Oberdorster, Annette Peters, Jeremy Sarnat, Constantinos Sioutas, Helen Suh, Jeff Sullivan, Mark Utell, Erich Wichmann, and Judith Zelikoff
Environ Health Perspect. 2003 June; 111(8): 1074–1092.
PMCID: PMC1241556
Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic heart disease in persons with congestive heart failure or arrhythmia.
Jennifer K Mann, Ira B Tager, Fred Lurmann, Mark Segal, Charles P Quesenberry, Jr, Marlene M Lugg, Jun Shan, and Stephen K Van Den Eeden
Environ Health Perspect. 2002 December; 110(12): 1247–1252.
PMCID: PMC1241113
The importance of population susceptibility for air pollution risk assessment: a case study of power plants near Washington, DC.
Jonathan I Levy, Susan L Greco, and John D Spengler
Environ Health Perspect. 2002 December; 110(12): 1253–1260.
PMCID: PMC1241114
Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities
A Le Tertre, S Medina, E Samoli, B Forsberg, P Michelozzi, A Boumghar, J Vonk, A Bellini, R Atkinson, J Ayres, J Sunyer, J Schwartz, and K Katsouyanni
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002 October; 56(10): 773–779. doi: 10.1136/jech.56.10.773.
PMCID: PMC1732027
The effect of weather on respiratory and cardiovascular deaths in 12 U.S. cities.
Alfésio L F Braga, Antonella Zanobetti, and Joel Schwartz
Environ Health Perspect. 2002 September; 110(9): 859–863.
PMCID: PMC1240983
Hazardous air pollutants and asthma.
George D Leikauf
Environ Health Perspect. 2002 August; 110(Suppl 4): 505–526.
PMCID: PMC1241200
Air conditioning and source-specific particles as modifiers of the effect of PM(10) on hospital admissions for heart and lung disease.
Nicole A H Janssen, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, and Helen H Suh
Environ Health Perspect. 2002 January; 110(1): 43–49.
PMCID: PMC1240692
The concentration-response relation between air pollution and daily deaths.
J Schwartz, F Ballester, M Saez, S Pérez-Hoyos, J Bellido, K Cambra, F Arribas, A Cañada, M J Pérez-Boillos, and J Sunyer
Environ Health Perspect. 2001 October; 109(10): 1001–1006.
PMCID: PMC1242075