# overview
Dr. Xu is an environmental epidemiologist whose research focuses on studying the health impacts of global or emerging environmental exposures such as air pollution, climate change, and hydraulic fracture. He is interested in conducting community-engaged research to understand the impacts of physical, chemical, and biological environmental factors on public health and aims to promote a healthy and safe environment through interventions and education.

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6 Evaluation Of Treatments And Therapeutic Interventions

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Alzheimer's Disease Including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ad/adrd)

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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Physical Injury - Accidents And Adverse Effects

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Long-term Fluctuations Of Testosterone Levels

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Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period

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2.3 Psychological, Social And Economic Factors

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

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The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey

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2.5 Research Design And Methodologies (aetiology)

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Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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Alzheimer's Disease Including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ad/adrd)

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Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

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Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

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Fudan University - (Shanghai, Shanghai, China)

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University of Pittsburgh - (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Zhejiang University - (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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Cardiovascular Benefits of Wearing Particulate-Filtering Respirators: A Randomized Crossover Trial.

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Clinically occult prostate cancer cases may distort the effect of testosterone replacement therapy on risk of PCa.

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Applying and Integrating Urban Contamination Factors into Community Garden Siting

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Potential selection bias associated with using geocoded birth records for epidemiologic research.

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Testosterone Therapy Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Among Hypogonadal Men: A Prospective Cohort Study in Germany

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Time-varying testosterone level and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke among hypogonadal men: a longitudinal study in Germany

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Recent testosterone drop-off and risk of cardiovascular events.

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The association between long-term PM2.5 exposure and late-life amyloid burden in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study cohort

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Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) null polymorphisms, smoking, and their interaction in oral cancer: a HuGE review and meta-analysis.

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Risk of Preeclampsia among Live Births Exposed to Anti-diabetic Agents during the First Trimester of Pregnancy

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Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Hospital Readmissions among the Pediatric Asthma Patient Population in South Texas: A Case-Crossover Study.

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Current opinion on the role of testosterone in the development of prostate cancer: a dynamic model.

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The association between longterm PM2.5 exposure and latelife amyloid burden in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study cohort

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The association of long-term exposure to criteria air pollutants, fine particulate matter components, and airborne trace metals with late-life brain amyloid burden in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

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Effects of the home-based educational intervention on health outcomes among primarily Hispanic children with asthma: a quasi-experimental study.

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Impact of extreme temperature on hospital admission in Shanghai, China.

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Case-crossover analysis of air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospitalizations: using routinely collected health and environmental data for tracking: science and data.

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Ambient air pollution and daily mortality in Anshan, China: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis.

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Association Between Health Insurance and Race With Mortality From Trauma: a Retrospective Study

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UCH-L1 and GFAP Serum Levels in Neonates with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Single Center Pilot Study.

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Does ambient CO have protective effect for COPD patient?

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Ambient air pollution and incident dementia: exploration of relevant exposure windows.

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Risk of cancer as a result of community exposure to gasoline vapors.

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Exposure to low levels of heavy metals and chronic kidney disease in the US population: A cross sectional study.

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Temperature modifies the acute effect of particulate air pollution on mortality in eight Chinese cities.

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Case study. Behavior and perception of using safety gear among commercial landscapers: a pilot study.

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Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Hospital Length of Stay among Children with Asthma in South Texas.

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Triglyceride-glucose index and stroke recurrence in elderly patients with ischemic stroke.

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Acute effect of ambient air pollution on stroke mortality in the China air pollution and health effects study.

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Estimation of short-term effects of air pollution on stroke hospital admissions in Wuhan, China.

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Characteristics of movers and predictors of residential mobility in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort.

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WITHDRAWN: Current opinion in the role of testosterone in the development of prostate cancer: A dynamic model

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Prevalence of hearing loss in Black and White elders: results of the Cardiovascular Health Study.

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American Speech Language Hearing Association

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Predicting regional space-time variation of PM2.5 with land-use regression model and MODIS data.

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Effects of virtual reality v. biophilic environments on pain and distress in oncology patients: a case-crossover pilot study.

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Association between fine particulate matter chemical constituents and airway inflammation: A panel study among healthy adults in China.

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The Association of Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution with Brain MRI Findings: The ARIC Study.

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Air quality and outpatient visits for asthma in adults during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Size-fractionated particulate air pollution and circulating biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation, and vasoconstriction in a panel of young adults.

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Surveys of community garden affiliates and soils in Houston, Texas.

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Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality. A Nationwide Analysis in 272 Chinese Cities.

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Particulate air pollution and circulating biomarkers among type 2 diabetic mellitus patients: the roles of particle size and time windows of exposure.

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Ambient air pollution and hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.

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Comparison of PM2.5 air pollution exposure estimates at WHIMS participant locations based on different modelling approaches and impact on health effects estimation

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Ozone Exposure, Glucose Homeostasis and Insulin Resistance in the U.S.A.

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Longitudinal Effect of Ambient Air Pollution and Pollen Exposure on Asthma Control: The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Asthma Study.

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Risk of Preterm Delivery among Live Births Exposed to Anti-diabetic Agents during the First Trimester of Pregnancy

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Risk of leukemia as a result of community exposure to gasoline vapors: a follow-up study.

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Ozone and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Florida: Identifying critical windows of exposure.

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Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common  which cant be a good thing for global health

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Ambient carbon monoxide and daily mortality in three Chinese cities: the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES).

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Testosterone therapy may reduce prostate cancer risk due to testosterone deficiency at a young age via stabilizing serum testosterone levels.

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Developing a guideline for measuring the total number concentration of engineering nanomaterials in workplaces in China.

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PM10 air pollution exposure during pregnancy and term low birth weight in Allegheny County, PA, 1994-2000.

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Population attributable risks of neurobehavioral disorders due to low birth weight in US children.

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Association between ozone exposure and onset of stroke in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, 1994-2000.

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Association between prenatal exposures to ambient air pollution and birthweight

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Caveolin-1: a critical regulator of lung fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Effect Modification of Heat-Related Mortality Risk by Air Pollutants in Shandong, China.

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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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A systematic assessment of carcinogenicity of chemicals in hydraulic-fracturing fluids and flowback water.

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Studying the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on peripheral arterial disease in the United States.

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miR-18a and miR-106a Signatures in Plasma Small EVs Are Promising Biomarkers for Early Detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

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Comparison of PM2.5 concentrations estimated using eleven different methods and their associations with cognitive outcomes in the ARIC cohort

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Residential pesticide use is associated with children's respiratory symptoms.

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Associations between blood lead level and substance use and sexually transmitted infection risk among adults in the United States.

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Body burden of heavy metals among HIV high risk population in USA.

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The cold effects on circulatory inflammation, thrombosis and vasoconstriction in type 2 diabetic patients.

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The Associations of Dietary Copper With Cognitive Outcomes.

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Association of midlife air pollution exposures and residential road proximity with incident dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

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A land use regression model of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter in a complex urban core in Lanzhou, China.

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Pediatric asthma hospitalization: individual and environmental characteristics of high utilizers in South Texas.

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Ambient air pollution and hospital admission in Shanghai, China.

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Asthma prevalence and school-related hazardous air pollutants in the US-Mxico border area.

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Birth weight as a risk factor for breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 18 epidemiological studies.

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Decreasing trend in passive tobacco smoke exposure and association with asthma in U.S. children.

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Potential health impacts of heavy metals on HIV-infected population in USA.

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Association between exposure to alkylbenzenes and cardiovascular disease among National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) participants.

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The Benefits and Challenges of Managing Asthma in Hispanic Families in South Texas: A Mixed-Methods Study.

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General and abdominal obesity and incident hypertension among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy.

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Association of Atmospheric Particulate Matter and Ozone with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

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Acute effects of air pollution on asthma hospitalization in Shanghai, China.

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The effects of ambient temperature on outpatient visits for varicella and herpes zoster in Shanghai, China: a time-series study.

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Sun safety among farmers and farmworkers: a review.

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Significant reduction of Framingham risk score in hypogonadal men receiving long-term testosterone therapy: real-life evidence from a 10-year registry

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The Associations of Dietary Copper with Incident Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risks in Community (ARIC) Study

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THE EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER ON SURVIVAL OF BREAST CANCER AMONG US FEMALES.

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Ambient ozone pollution as a risk factor for skin disorders.

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A Review of Epidemiological Research on Adverse Neurological Effects of Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution.

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Predictors of Recall Error in Self-Report of Age at Alcohol Use Onset.

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Coarse particles and mortality in three Chinese cities: the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES).

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Fine particulate air pollution and daily mortality in Shenyang, China.

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Cigarette smoking and the risk of adult leukemia: results from the Three Mile Island cohort study.

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Stock volatility and stroke mortality in a Chinese population.

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Family history of prostate cancer and age-related trend of testosterone levels among US males: NHANES 2003-2004.

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Oral arginine metabolism may decrease the risk for dental caries in children.

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Transsphenoidal Surgery of Giant Pituitary Adenoma: Results and Experience of 239 Cases in A Single Center.

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Associations between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and glucose homeostasis as well as metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic adults.

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Differentiating the associations of black carbon and fine particle with daily mortality in a Chinese city.

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Association Between Obesity Exposure and Insomnia in the U.S. Population

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Potential Increased Risk of Trisomy 18 Observed After a Fertilizer Warehouse Fire in Brazos County and TX.

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Association of ambient air pollution with hospital outpatient and emergency room visits in Shanghai, China.

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Studying associations between urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cardiovascular diseases in the United States.

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Dynamic Patterns of Testosterone Levels in Individuals and Risk of Prostate Cancer among Hypogonadal Men: A Longitudinal Study.

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The effects of heat stress and its effect modifiers on stroke hospitalizations in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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Associations of serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides with breast cancer and prostate cancer in U.S. adults.

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Cardiopulmonary benefits of reducing indoor particles of outdoor origin: a randomized, double-blind crossover trial of air purifiers.

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Particulate air pollution and mortality in a cohort of Chinese men.

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Application of the Navigation Guide systematic review methodology and meta-analysis to evaluate the association between prenatal particulate matter air pollution exposure and birth weight

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ABCD3-I Score Performance With Tissue- vs Time-Based Dual Transient Ischemic Attack

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The effect of arginine on oral biofilm communities.

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Fine Particulate Matter Constituents, Nitric Oxide Synthase DNA Methylation and Exhaled Nitric Oxide.

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The dynamic nexus: exploring the interplay of BMI before, during, and after pregnancy with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) risk in Chinese lactating women.

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Association of residential road proximity with cognitive decline and dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

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Status and determinants of individual actions to reduce health impacts of air pollution in US adults.

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Predictors of residential location change in the ARIC Study

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Associations between blood lead level and substance use among adults in the United States

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PROBABILITY SAMPLING BY CONNECTING SPACE WITH HOUSEHOLDS USING GIS/GPS TECHNOLOGIES

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Comparison of PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposures and Health Effects Associations Using 11 Different Modeling Approaches in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS).

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Ozone exposure leads to changes in airway permeability, microbiota and metabolome: a randomised, double-blind, crossover trial.

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Association of residential road proximity with cognitive decline and dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

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Risk of Cesarean Section Delivery among Live Births Exposed to Anti-Diabetic Agents during the First Trimester of Pregnancy

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Urinary trichlorophenol levels and increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among US school-aged children.

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A population-based study of smoking, serum cotinine and exhaled nitric oxide among asthmatics and a healthy population in the USA.

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Cardiovascular Benefits of Fish-Oil Supplementation Against Fine Particulate Air Pollution in China.

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Prevalence of hearing loss in black and white elders: Results of the cardiovascular health study

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Racial Differences in Age-Related Variations of Testosterone Levels Among US Males: Potential Implications for Prostate Cancer and Personalized Medication.

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Area-level socioeconomic position and repeat mammography screening use: results from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey.

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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

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Association of midlife air pollution and road proximity exposure with 29-year cognitive decline.

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Health effects of air pollution on length of respiratory cancer survival.

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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS): a significant contributor to the overall burden of type 2 diabetes in women.

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Comprehensive analysis of the correlation of the pan-cancer gene HAUS5 with prognosis and immune infiltration in liver cancer.

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P5088Significant reduction of Framingham risk score in hypogonadal men receiving long-term testosterone therapy: real-life evidence from a 10-year registry

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Assessing Impact of Household Intervention on Indoor Air Quality and Health of Children with Asthma in the US-Mexico Border: A Pilot Study.

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Alternative ozone metrics and daily mortality in Suzhou: the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES).

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Smartphone-assisted spatial data collection improves geographic information quality: pilot study using a birth records dataset.

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Endovascular Treatment Versus Best Medical Management in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Strokes: Results From the ATTENTION Multicenter Registry.

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Mortality Rates and Cause of Death Among Former Prison Inmates in North Carolina.

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The effect of atmospheric particulate matter on survival of breast cancer among US females.

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Association of blood cotinine level with cognitive and physical performance in non-smoking older adults.

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Ambient Air Pollution and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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Serum folate levels and urinary arsenic methylation profiles in the US population: NHANES, 2003-2012.

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Associations between occurrence of birth defects and hydraulic fracturing activities in Barnett shale region, Texas.

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Eastern Carolina Asthma Prevention Program (ECAPP): An Environmental Intervention Study Among Rural and Underserved Children with Asthma in Eastern North Carolina.

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Application of the navigation guide systematic review methodology to evaluate prenatal exposure to particulate matter air pollution and infant birth weight.

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The effects of birthweight and breastfeeding on asthma among children aged 1-5 years.

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Early Menarche and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus at First Live Birth.

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Demographic and clinical factors associated with persistent symptoms after West Nile virus infection.

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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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High-mobility group box 1 at the time of parturition in women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

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The relationship of ambient ozone and PM(2.5) levels and asthma emergency department visits: possible influence of gender and ethnicity.

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Ndk, a novel host-responsive regulator, negatively regulates bacterial virulence through quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Pre- and post-move exposure to air pollution and neighborhood socioeconomic status.

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Estimating the Prevalence of Heat-Related Symptoms and Sun Safety-Related Behavior among Latino Farmworkers in Eastern North Carolina.

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Racial differences in the effects of postnatal environmental tobacco smoke on neurodevelopment.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Related Hospitalizations: Factors Associated with In-hospital Mortality among Elderly Patients Hospitalized with a TBI.

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The combined effect of air pollution and non-optimal temperature on mortality in Shandong Province, China: establishment of air health index.

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The effects of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes.

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Assessment of personal protective equipment use among farmers in eastern North Carolina: a cross-sectional study.

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Florida county health department, environmental health 2006 survey: do rural counties know "what to do' in a chemical or all-hazards event?

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Associations Between Residential Proximity to Power Plants and Adverse Birth Outcomes.

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Associations Between Ambient Air Pollution and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Florida

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - (Durham, North Carolina, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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Working On Capacity Building To Improve Childrens Environmental Health

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Environmental Protection Agency - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; Epidemiology & Biostatistics; 1266 TAMUS

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Days With Both Extreme Heat And Air Pollution In South Asia Are Becoming More Common

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Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common - which can't be a good thing for global health