Richard T Burnett

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1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 2012 50.94
2 Lung cancer, cardiopulmonary mortality, and long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution. JAMA 2002 28.72
3 Cardiovascular mortality and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution: epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of disease. Circulation 2003 12.78
4 Spatial analysis of air pollution and mortality in Los Angeles. Epidemiology 2005 8.64
5 Long-term ozone exposure and mortality. N Engl J Med 2009 6.90
6 Extended follow-up and spatial analysis of the American Cancer Society study linking particulate air pollution and mortality. Res Rep Health Eff Inst 2009 5.92
7 Cardiovascular mortality and exposure to airborne fine particulate matter and cigarette smoke: shape of the exposure-response relationship. Circulation 2009 4.84
8 The effect of concurvity in generalized additive models linking mortality to ambient particulate matter. Epidemiology 2003 4.22
9 Risk of nonaccidental and cardiovascular mortality in relation to long-term exposure to low concentrations of fine particulate matter: a Canadian national-level cohort study. Environ Health Perspect 2012 3.39
10 Lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality associated with ambient air pollution and cigarette smoke: shape of the exposure-response relationships. Environ Health Perspect 2011 3.36
11 Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: health implications of short-lived greenhouse pollutants. Lancet 2009 3.22
12 Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: effects of gases and particles and the influence of cause of death, age, and season. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2002 2.81
13 It's about time: a comparison of Canadian and American time-activity patterns. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 2002 2.75
14 Association between gaseous ambient air pollutants and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Vancouver, Canada. Environ Health Perspect 2003 2.55
15 Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of hospitalization with community-acquired pneumonia in older adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 2.50
16 Validation of the Harvard Six Cities Study of particulate air pollution and mortality. N Engl J Med 2004 2.46
17 Air pollution and health: a European and North American approach (APHENA). Res Rep Health Eff Inst 2009 2.33
18 Confounding and exposure measurement error in air pollution epidemiology. Air Qual Atmos Health 2011 1.98
19 Influence of outdoor aeroallergens on hospitalization for asthma in Canada. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 1.91
20 Spatial analysis of air pollution and mortality in California. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013 1.91
21 Spatial analysis of the air pollution-mortality relationship in the context of ecologic confounders. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 1.81
22 Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: update in relation to the use of generalized additive models. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2003 1.78
23 The influence of ambient coarse particulate matter on asthma hospitalization in children: case-crossover and time-series analyses. Environ Health Perspect 2002 1.57
24 A hybrid approach to estimating national scale spatiotemporal variability of PM2.5 in the contiguous United States. Environ Sci Technol 2013 1.51
25 A new multipollutant, no-threshold air quality health index based on short-term associations observed in daily time-series analyses. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2008 1.46
26 Overview of the reanalysis of the Harvard Six Cities Study and American Cancer Society Study of Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 1.44
27 Differences in blood pressure and vascular responses associated with ambient fine particulate matter exposures measured at the personal versus community level. Occup Environ Med 2010 1.44
28 Associations between ambient air pollution and daily mortality among persons with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Environ Res 2005 1.40
29 Fine particulate air pollution and all-cause mortality within the Harvard Six-Cities Study: variations in risk by period of exposure. Ann Epidemiol 2002 1.39
30 Particulate air pollution, social confounders, and mortality in small areas of an industrial city. Soc Sci Med 2005 1.37
31 Associations between ambient air pollution and daily mortality among persons with congestive heart failure. Environ Res 2003 1.36
32 Long-term fine particulate matter exposure and mortality from diabetes in Canada. Diabetes Care 2013 1.29
33 Synoptic weather patterns and modification of the association between air pollution and human mortality. Int J Environ Health Res 2005 1.29
34 A cohort study relating urban green space with mortality in Ontario, Canada. Environ Res 2012 1.27
35 Risk of incident diabetes in relation to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter in Ontario, Canada. Environ Health Perspect 2013 1.26
36 Association between ozone and respiratory admissions among children and the elderly in Vancouver, Canada. Inhal Toxicol 2003 1.26
37 Further interpretation of the acute effect of nitrogen dioxide observed in Canadian time-series studies. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2007 1.26
38 Gaseous air pollutants and asthma hospitalization of children with low household income in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Am J Epidemiol 2004 1.25
39 Is the air pollution health research community prepared to support a multipollutant air quality management framework? Inhal Toxicol 2010 1.24
40 Associations between cigarette smoking, obesity, sociodemographic characteristics and remote-sensing-derived estimates of ambient PM2.5: results from a Canadian population-based survey. Occup Environ Med 2011 1.20
41 Association between maternal exposure to ambient air pollutants during pregnancy and fetal growth restriction. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2006 1.16
42 Air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome. Pediatrics 2004 1.15
43 Spatial analysis for environmental health research: concepts, methods, and examples. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 1.12
44 Ambient PM2.5, O3, and NO2 Exposures and Associations with Mortality over 16 Years of Follow-Up in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC). Environ Health Perspect 2015 1.11
45 Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and cardiovascular mortality. Epidemiology 2013 1.11
46 Associations between ambient air pollution and daily mortality among elderly persons in Montreal, Quebec. Sci Total Environ 2013 1.06
47 Comparison of geostatistical interpolation and remote sensing techniques for estimating long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 concentrations across the continental United States. Environ Health Perspect 2012 1.05
48 Confounding in air pollution epidemiology: the broader context. Epidemiology 2007 1.03
49 Influence of relatively low level of particulate ar pollution on hospitalization for COPD in elderly people. Inhal Toxicol 2004 1.03
50 A time-series study of air pollution, socioeconomic status, and mortality in Vancouver, Canada. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 2003 1.01
51 Effect of airborne allergens on emergency visits by children for conjunctivitis and rhinitis. Lancet 2002 1.00
52 Selection of ecologic covariates in the American Cancer Society study. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 1.00
53 The role of fungal spores in thunderstorm asthma. Chest 2003 0.99
54 Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter: association with nonaccidental and cardiovascular mortality in the agricultural health study cohort. Environ Health Perspect 2014 0.97
55 Comparing the Health Effects of Ambient Particulate Matter Estimated Using Ground-Based versus Remote Sensing Exposure Estimates. Environ Health Perspect 2016 0.97
56 The association between sulfate air pollution and mortality at the county scale: an exploration of the impact of scale on a long-term exposure study. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 0.97
57 Bayesian model averaging in time-series studies of air pollution and mortality. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2007 0.95
58 Spatial regression models for large-cohort studies linking community air pollution and health. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 0.95
59 Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Source-Related Components of U.S. Fine Particle Air Pollution. Environ Health Perspect 2015 0.93
60 A review of time-series studies used to evaluate the short-term effects of air pollution on human health. Rev Environ Health 2004 0.92
61 Effect of short-term exposure to low levels of gaseous pollutants on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizations. Environ Res 2004 0.92
62 Exploration of the rapid effects of personal fine particulate matter exposure on arterial hemodynamics and vascular function during the same day. Environ Health Perspect 2011 0.90
63 Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North America: results from the APHENA study. Air Qual Atmos Health 2013 0.90
64 Spatial association between ambient fine particulate matter and incident hypertension. Circulation 2013 0.90
65 Data resource profile: 1991 Canadian Census Cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2013 0.88
66 Impact of particulate air pollution on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 0.87
67 Panel discussion review: session two--interpretation of observed associations between multiple ambient air pollutants and health effects in epidemiologic analyses. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2007 0.87
68 A cohort study of intra-urban variations in volatile organic compounds and mortality, Toronto, Canada. Environ Pollut 2013 0.86
69 A temporal, multicity model to estimate the effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on health. Environ Health Perspect 2008 0.85
70 Associations of Pregnancy Outcomes and PM2.5 in a National Canadian Study. Environ Health Perspect 2015 0.85
71 Shortness of breath at night and health status in congestive heart failure: effects of environmental conditions and health-related and dietary factors. Environ Res 2009 0.84
72 Outdoor fine particles and nonfatal strokes: systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology 2014 0.83
73 The effect of coarse ambient particulate matter on first, second, and overall hospital admissions for respiratory disease among the elderly. Inhal Toxicol 2005 0.83
74 PM2.5 and Diabetes and Hypertension Incidence in the Black Women's Health Study. Epidemiology 2016 0.83
75 Estimating the public health burden attributable to air pollution: an illustration using the development of an alternative air quality index. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2005 0.82
76 Health and air quality: directions for policy-relevant research. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 0.81
77 Air pollution and disability days in Toronto: results from the national population health survey. Environ Res 2002 0.80
78 Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Mortality Among Canadian Women. Epidemiology 2015 0.79
79 Risk models for particulate air pollution. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2003 0.79
80 Association between particulate air pollution and first hospital admission for childhood respiratory illness in Vancouver, Canada. Arch Environ Health 2004 0.78
81 Particulate Air Pollution, Exceptional Aging, and Rates of Centenarians: A Nationwide Analysis of the United States, 1980-2010. Environ Health Perspect 2016 0.78
82 Counterpoint: Time-series studies of acute health events and environmental conditions are not confounded by personal risk factors. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2008 0.78
83 Estimated public health impacts of changes in concentrations of fine particle air pollution in Canada, 2000 to 2011. Can J Public Health 2015 0.78
84 Can personal exposures to higher nighttime and early-morning temperatures increase blood pressure? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2011 0.78
85 A new longitudinal design for identifying subgroups of the population who are susceptible to the short-term effects of ambient air pollution. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2005 0.77
86 Air pollution and cardiovascular events. N Engl J Med 2007 0.75
87 Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Mortality among Survivors of Myocardial Infarction: Population-Based Cohort Study. Environ Health Perspect 2016 0.75
88 [Padney, M D and Nathwani J S (2003). Canada wide standard for particulate matter and ozone: cost benefit analysis using a life quality index. Risk Analysis, 23(1), 55-67]. Risk Anal 2004 0.75
89 Erratum: "Mortality Risk and Fine Particulate Air Pollution in a Large, Representative Cohort of U.S. Adults". Environ Health Perspect 2019 0.75