A5090913435- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Noise Effects and Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Birth, Development, and Health
The University of Sydney
2016-2025
Lismore Base Hospital
2015-2024
Centre for Safe Air
2018-2024
National Health and Medical Research Council
2018-2024
Sydney Local Health District
2022-2024
Research Network (United States)
2023
Australian National University
2023
University of Tasmania
2023
UNSW Sydney
2006-2022
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
2016-2021
Background: A growing body of evidence has associated maternal exposure to air pollution with adverse effects on fetal growth; however, the existing literature is inconsistent.Objectives: We aimed quantify association between particulate and term birth weight low (LBW) across 14 centers from 9 countries, explore influence site characteristics assessment methods between-center heterogeneity in this association.Methods: Using a common analytical protocol, International Collaboration Air...
Potentially preventable hospital admission (an deemed to be potentially given appropriate care in the community-based healthcare setting) has been a topic of international research attention for almost three decades. Recently this largely driven by imperative reduce ever-increasing unplanned admissions. However, identifying admissions is difficult. As result, population level indicator ambulatory sensitive conditions (ACSCs) used as proxy measure admission. The adoption become common, and...
BackgroundThe acute health effects of short-term (hours to days) exposure fine particulate matter (PM2·5) have been well documented; however, the global mortality burden attributable this has not estimated. We aimed estimate global, regional, and urban associated with PM2·5 spatiotemporal variations in from 2000 2019.MethodsWe combined estimated daily concentrations, annual population counts, country-level rates, epidemiologically derived exposure–response functions 2019, continental regions...
Little research has investigated the health effects of particulate exposure from bushfires (also called wildfires, biomass fires, or vegetation fires), and these exposures are likely to increase, for several reasons. We associations daily mortality hospital admissions with bushfire-derived particulates, compared particulates urban sources in Sydney, Australia 1994 through 2002.On days highest matter (PM)10 concentrations, we assumed PM10 was due primarily bushfires. calculated contribution...
Birth defects are a major public health concern as they the leading cause of neonatal and infant mortality. Observational studies have linked environmental pollution to adverse birth outcomes, including congenital anomalies. This study examined potential associations between ambient air heart cleft lip or palate among births in Brisbane, Australia (1998-2004).Ambient levels were averaged over weeks 3-8 pregnancy 150,308 births. Using case-control design, we used conditional logistic...
Severe air pollution generated by forest fires is becoming an increasingly frequent public health management problem. We measured the association between fire smoke events and hospital emergency department (ED) attendances in Sydney from 1996–2007. A event occurred when caused daily citywide average concentration of particulate matter (PM10 or PM2.5) to exceed 99th percentile entire study period. used a time-stratified case-crossover design conditional logistic regression models adjusted for...
We examined the association between validated bushfire smoke pollution events and hospital admissions in three eastern Australian cities from 1994 to 2007. Smoke were defined as days on which caused 24‐hour citywide average concentration of airborne particles exceed 99th percentile daily distribution for study period. used a time‐stratified case‐crossover design assess admissions. Odds ratios (OR) 95% confidence intervals (CI) estimated cardiovascular respiratory conditions event compared...
<b>Objective</b> To assess the effect of reductions in air pollution from biomass smoke on daily mortality. <b>Design</b> Age stratified time series analysis mortality with Poisson regression models adjusted for effects temperature, humidity, day week, respiratory epidemics, and secular trends, applied to an intervention control community. <b>Setting</b> Central Launceston, Australia, a town which coordinated strategies were implemented reduce wood central Hobart, comparable city there no...
More nuanced health advice is needed to protect populations and individuals from exposure bushfire smoke Bushfires have always been a feature of the natural environment in Australia, but risk has increased over time as fire seasons start earlier, finish later, extreme weather (ie, very hot, dry windy conditions that make fires fast moving difficult control) becomes more severe with climate change.1-3 The 2019–20 bushfires particularly New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland Australian Capital...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death globally and in Australia, is sensitive to heat exposure. This study assesses burden CVD attributable high temperatures across Australia projects future context climate change. Disability-adjusted life years for CVD, including lost lived with disability, were sourced from Australian Burden Disease database. A meta-regression model was constructed using location-specific predictors relative risks prior literature estimate mortality...
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effects of outdoor air pollutants on daily hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia. METHODS: A time-series analysis counts and (1990 to 1994) was performed, by means Poisson regression that allowed for overdispersion autocorrelation. RESULTS: An increase maximum 1-hour concentration nitrogen dioxide from 10th 90th percentile associated with an 5.29% (95% confidence interval = 1.07, 9.68) childhood asthma 4.60%(-0.17,9.61) chronic obstructive pulmonary...
We compared mortality of 1,999 outdoor staff working as part an insecticide application program during 1935-1996 with that 1,984 workers not occupationally exposed to insecticides, and the Australian population. Surviving subjects also completed a morbidity questionnaire. Mortality was significantly higher in both control The major cause from smoking-related diseases. increased for number conditions do appear be result smoking patterns. Compared general population, over total study period...