31 results for "Heresh Amini"

WHO Air Quality Guidelines Need to be Adopted

Heresh Amini

International Journal of Public Health, Vol. 66 · 2021 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Long-term spatial and temporal variability of ambient carbon monoxide in Urmia, Iran

Hamed Aghdasi; Rahim Aali; Nabiollah Mansouri et al.

Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2017 · English · DOAJ Scopus

One of the pillars of epidemiologic research on the long-term health effects of air pollution is to estimate the chronic exposures over space and time. In this study, we aimed to measure the intra-urban ambient carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations within Urmia city in Iran, and to build a model…

Modifying effects of PM2.5 and O3 on heat-related cardiorespiratory hospitalizations in Brazil

Weeberb J. Requia; Heresh Amini; Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva

Scientific Reports, Vol. 15 No. 1 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Extreme heat is a critical public health threat, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. While its direct health impacts are well documented, less is known about how air pollution modifies heat-related risks. We analyzed daily hospital admissions for circulatory and respiratory…

Birth weight following pregnancy wildfire smoke exposure in more than 1.5 million newborns in Brazil: A nationwide case-control study

Weeberb J. Requia; Heresh Amini; Matthew D. Adams et al.

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, Vol. 11 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Summary: Background: Air pollution exposure has been associated with critical neonatal morbidities, including low birth weight (LBW). However, little is known on short-term exposure to wildfire smoke and LBW. In this study, we estimated the association between birth weight following pregnancy and…

Functional Kriging for Spatiotemporal Modeling of Nitrogen Dioxide in a Middle Eastern Megacity

Elham Ahmadi Basiri; Seyed Mahmood Taghavi-Shahri; Behzad Mahaki et al.

Atmosphere, Vol. 13 No. 7 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Long-term hour-specific air pollution exposure estimates have rarely been of interest in epidemiological research. However, this can be relevant for studies that aim to estimate the residential exposure for the hours that subjects mostly spend time there, or for those hours that they may work in…

Air pollution, environmental chemicals, and smoking may trigger vitamin D deficiency: Evidence and potential mechanisms

Sayed Esmaeil Mousavi; Heresh Amini; Pouria Heydarpour et al.

Environment International, Vol. 122 · 2019 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Beyond vitamin D (VD) effect on bone homeostasis, numerous physiological functions in human health have been described for this versatile prohormone. In 2016, 95% of the world's population lived in areas where annual mean ambient particulate matter (

Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018

Weeberb J. Requia; Heresh Amini; Rajarshi Mukherjee et al.

Nature Communications, Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2021 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Brazil is a wildfire-prone region, and few studies have investigated the health impacts of wildfire exposure. Here, the authors show that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% in circulatory hospital admissions in Brazil.

National and sub-national estimation of benzene emission trend into atmosphere in Iran from 1990 to 2013

Mansour Shamsipour; Mina Aghaei; Safa Kalteh et al.

Journal of Air Pollution and Health, Vol. 4 No. 4 · 2019 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Introduction: Exposure to benzene has been associated with a range of acute and long-term adverse health effects. We aimed to estimate national and provincial level of benzene emissions from 1990 to 2013 in Iran. Materials and methods: Benzene emission was estimated through two main sources…

An Ensemble Learning Approach for Estimating High Spatiotemporal Resolution of Ground-Level Ozone in the Contiguous United States

Weeberb J. Réquia; Qian Di; Rachel F. Silvern et al.

Environmental Science & Technology · 2020 · English · OpenAlex Scopus

In this paper, we integrated multiple types of predictor variables and three types of machine learners (neural network, random forest, and gradient boosting) into a geographically weighted ensemble model to estimate the daily maximum 8 h O 3 with high resolution over both space (at 1 km × 1 km grid…

Multiple air pollutant exposure and lung cancer in Tehran, Iran

Zahra Khorrami; Mohsen Pourkhosravani; Maysam Rezapour et al.

Scientific Reports, Vol. 11 No. 1 · 2021 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Lung cancer is the most rapidly increasing malignancy worldwide with an estimated 2.1 million cancer cases in the latest, 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) report. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of air pollution and lung cancer, in Tehran, Iran…

Associations between long-term exposures to airborne PM2.5 components and mortality in Massachusetts: mixture analysis exploration

Tingfan Jin; Heresh Amini; Anna Kosheleva et al.

Environmental Health, Vol. 21 No. 1 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background: Numerous studies have documented PM2.5’s links with adverse health outcomes. Comparatively fewer studies have evaluated specific PM2.5 components. The lack of exposure measurements and high correlation among different PM2.5 components are two limitations. Methods: We applied a…

Predicting Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in the Greater London Area: An Ensemble Approach using Machine Learning Methods

Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi; Zheng Kuang; Konstantina Dimakopoulou et al.

Remote Sensing, Vol. 12 No. 6 · 2020 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Estimating air pollution exposure has long been a challenge for environmental health researchers. Technological advances and novel machine learning methods have allowed us to increase the geographic range and accuracy of exposure models, making them a valuable tool in conducting health studies and…

PM2.5 data inputs alter identification of disadvantaged communities

Therese S Carter; Gaige Hunter Kerr; Heresh Amini et al.

Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 18 No. 11 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Communities of color and lower income are often found to experience disproportionate levels of fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) air pollution in the US (Pope and Dockery 2006 J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 56 709–42; Brook et al 2010 Circulation 121 2331–78; Tessum et al 2021 Sci. Adv . 7 eabf4491)…

Health burden and economic loss attributable to ambient PM2.5 in Iran based on the ground and satellite data

Sasan Faridi; Reza Bayat; Aaron J. Cohen et al.

Scientific Reports, Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract We estimated mortality and economic loss attributable to PM2·5 air pollution exposure in 429 counties of Iran in 2018. Ambient PM2.5-related deaths were estimated using the Global Exposure Mortality Model (GEMM). According to the ground-monitored and satellite-based PM2.5 data, the annual…

Multiple air pollutants exposure and leukaemia incidence in Tehran, Iran from 2010 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study

Narges Khanjani; Nino Künzli; Zahra Khorrami et al.

BMJ Open, Vol. 12 No. 6 · 2022 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Objective Leukaemia is one of the most common cancers and may be associated with exposure to environmental carcinogens, especially outdoor air pollutants. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of ambient air pollution and leukaemia in Tehran, Iran.Design In this…

Weather, air pollution, and SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a global analysis

Ran Xu, PhD; Hazhir Rahmandad, PhD; Marichi Gupta, PhD et al.

The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol. 5 No. 10 · 2021 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Summary: Background: Understanding how environmental factors affect SARS-CoV-2 transmission could inform global containment efforts. Despite high scientific and public interest and multiple research reports, there is currently no consensus on the association of environmental factors and SARS-CoV-2…

Grouped mixtures of air pollutants and seasonal temperature anomalies and cardiovascular hospitalizations among U.S. Residents

Yaguang Wei; Heresh Amini; Xinye Qiu et al.

Environment International, Vol. 187 · 2024 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Background: Air pollution is a recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Temperature is also linked to CVD, with a primary focus on acute effects. Despite the close relationship between air pollution and temperature, their health effects are often examined separately, potentially…

Ambient air pollutants and breast cancer stage in Tehran, Iran

Zahra Khorrami; Mohsen Pourkhosravani; Ali Karamoozian et al.

Scientific Reports, Vol. 14 No. 1 · 2024 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract This study aimed to examine the impacts of single and multiple air pollutants (AP) on the severity of breast cancer (BC). Data of 1148 diagnosed BC cases (2008–2016) were obtained from the Cancer Research Center and private oncologist offices in Tehran, Iran. Ambient PM10, SO2, NO, NO2…

An ensemble-based model of PM2.5 concentration across the contiguous United States with high spatiotemporal resolution

Qian Di; Heresh Amini; Liuhua Shi et al.

Environment International, Vol. 130 · 2019 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Various approaches have been proposed to model PM2.5 in the recent decade, with satellite-derived aerosol optical depth, land-use variables, chemical transport model predictions, and several meteorological variables as major predictor variables. Our study used an ensemble model that integrated…

Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate components and leukocyte epigenome-wide DNA Methylation in older men: the Normative Aging Study

Cuicui Wang; Heresh Amini; Zongli Xu et al.

Environmental Health, Vol. 22 No. 1 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background Epigenome-wide association studies of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) have been reported. However, few have examined PM2.5 components (PMCs) and sources or included repeated measures. The lack of high-resolution exposure measurements is the key limitation. We…