• Water clarity response to climate warming and wetting of the Inner Mongolia-Xinjiang Plateau: A remote sensing approach 

  Zhang, Yibo; Shi, Kun; Zhang, Yunlin; Moreno-Madriñán, Max Jacobo; Xu, Xuan; Zhou, Yongqiang; Qin, Boqiang; Zhu, Guangwei; Jeppesen, Erik (Elsevier, 2021-11)

  Water clarity (generally quantified as the Secchi disk depth: SDD) is a key variable for assessing environmental changes in lakes. Using remote sensing we calculated and elucidated the SDD dynamics in lakes in the Inner ...
• Dental pain and associated factors in Mexican adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional study 

  García-Cortés, José Obed; Mariel-Cárdenas, Jairo; Martinez-Rider, Ricardo; Islas-Zarazúa, Rosalina; de la Rosa-Santillana, Rubén; de Jesús Navarrete-Hernández, José; Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo; Maupomé, Gerardo (Elsevier, 2020-12)

  Objective: To identify the factors associated with the prevalence of dental pain in Mexican adolescents and young adults. Material and methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which data from 638 Mexican subjects, 16–25 ...
• Flynn et al. Respond 

  Flynn, Michael A.; Cunningham, Thomas R.; Ahonen, Emily Q.; Fujishiro, Kaori (American Public Health Association, 2018-09)

  Comment on Work as an Inclusive Part of Population Health Inequities Research and Prevention. [Am J Public Health. 2018] New Horizons for Occupational Health Surveillance. [Am J Public Health. 2018]
• Spatial‐Temporal Assessment of Environmental Factors Related to Dengue Outbreaks in São Paulo, Brazil 

  Ogashawara, I.; Li, L.; Moreno-Madriñán, M. J. (Wiley, 2019-08)

  Dengue fever, a disease caused by a vector‐borne flavivirus, is endemic to tropical countries, but its occurrence has been reported worldwide. This study aimed to understand important factors contributing to the spatial ...
• Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and renal function in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study 

  Weaver, Anne M.; Wang, Yi; Wellenius, Gregory A.; Young, Bessie; Boyle, Luke D.; Hickson, DeMarc A.; Diamantidis, Clarissa J. (Springer Nature, 2019-06)

  Renal dysfunction is prevalent in the US among African Americans. Air pollution is associated with renal dysfunction in mostly white American populations, but has not been studied among African Americans. We evaluated ...
• A semi-analytical model for estimating total suspended matter in highly turbid waters 

  Zhang, Yibo; Shi, Kun; Zhang, Yunlin; Moreno-Madrinan, Max J.; Li, Yuan; Li, Na (Optical Society of America, 2018-12-24)

  Total suspended matter (TSM) is related to water quality. High TSM concentrations limit underwater light availability, thus affecting the primary productivity of aquatic ecosystems. Accurate estimation of TSM concentrations ...
• Exposure Characterization of Haloacetic Acids in Humans for Exposure and Risk Assessment Applications: An Exploratory Study 

  Parvez, Shahid; Ashby, Jeffrey L.; Kimura, Susana Y.; Richardson, Susan D. (MDPI, 2019-01)

  Disinfected water is the major source of haloacetic acids (HAAs) in humans, but their inter- and intra-individual variability for exposure and risk assessment applications is under-researched. Thus, we measured HAAs in ...
• Spatio-Temporal Variability in a Turbid and Dynamic Tidal Estuarine Environment (Tasmania, Australia): An Assessment of MODIS Band 1 Reflectance 

  Fischer, Andrew M.; Pang, Daniel; Kidd, Ian M.; Moreno-Madriñán, Max J. (MDPI, 2017-10-15)

  Patterns of turbidity in estuarine environments are linked to hydrodynamic processes. However, the linkage between patterns and processes remains poorly resolved due to the scarcity of data needed to resolve fine scale ...
• Spatio-Temporal Variability in a Turbid and Dynamic Tidal Estuarine Environment (Tasmania, Australia): An Assessment of MODIS Band 1 Reflectance 

  Fischer, Andrew M.; Pang, Daniel; Kidd, Ian M.; Moreno-Madrinan, Max J. (MDPI, 2017-10-25)

  Patterns of turbidity in estuarine environments are linked to hydrodynamic processes. However, the linkage between patterns and processes remains poorly resolved due to the scarcity of data needed to resolve fine scale ...
• Residential Proximity to Traffic-Related Pollution and Atherosclerosis in 4 Vascular Beds Among African-American Adults: Results From the Jackson Heart Study 

  Wang, Yi; Wellenius, Gregory A.; Hickson, DeMarc A.; Gjelsvik, Annie; Eaton, Charles B.; Wyatt, Sharon B. (Oxford Academic, 2016-11-15)

  To our knowledge, no study has investigated the association of long-term exposure to traffic pollution with markers of atherosclerosis in 4 vascular beds simultaneously in an all-African-American cohort. Among participants ...
• History of Mosquitoborne Diseases in the United States and Implications for New Pathogens 

  Moreno-Madriñán, Max J.; Turell, Michael (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018-05)

  The introduction and spread of West Nile virus and the recent introduction of chikungunya and Zika viruses into the Americas have raised concern about the potential for various tropical pathogens to become established in ...
• Glyphosate exposure in pregnancy and shortened gestational length: a prospective Indiana birth cohort study 

  Parvez, Shahid; Gerona, R. R.; Proctor, C.; Friesen, M.; Ashby, J. L.; Reiter, J. L.; Lui, Z.; Winchester, P. D. (Environmental Health, 2018-03)

  Background Glyphosate (GLY) is the most heavily used herbicide worldwide but the extent of exposure in human pregnancy remains unknown. Its residues are found in the environment, major crops, and food items that humans, ...
• A National County-Level Assessment of U.S. Nursing Facility Characteristics Associated with Long-Term Exposure to Traffic Pollution in Older Adults 

  Wang, Yi; Fan, Hao; Banerjee, Aniruddha; Weaver, Anne M.; Weiner, Michael (2018-03)

  Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution increases disease risk in older adults. Nursing facilities located near major roadways potentially expose older adults to traffic pollution. No studies, however, have described ...
• Biomarkers of human cardiopulmonary response after short-term exposures to medical laser generated particulate matter from simulated procedures: a pilot study 

  Lopez, Ramon; Farber, Mark O.; Wong, Vincent; Lacey, Steven E. (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-09)

  Objective We conducted an exposure chamber study in humans using a simulated clinical procedure lasing porcine tissue to demonstrate evidence of effects of exposure to laser generated particulate matter (LGPM). Methods We ...
• Effects of smoke-free air law on acute myocardial infarction hospitalization in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana 

  Weaver, Anne M.; Wang, Yi; Rupp, Katelin; Watson, Dennis P. (BMC Public Health, 2018-02-09)

  Background A comprehensive smoke-free air law was enacted on June 1, 2012 in most of Marion County, Indiana, including all of the City of Indianapolis. We evaluated changes in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admission ...
• Evaluation of Drinking Water Disinfectant Byproducts Compliance Data as an Indirect Measure for Short-Term Exposure in Humans 

  Parvez, Shahid; Frost, Kali; Sundararajan, Madhura (MDPI, 2017-05-20)

  In the absence of shorter term disinfectant byproducts (DBPs) data on regulated Trihalomethanes (THMs) and Haloacetic acids (HAAs), epidemiologists and risk assessors have used long-term annual compliance (LRAA) or quarterly ...
• Niche Modeling of Dengue Fever Using Remotely Sensed Environmental Factors and Boosted Regression Trees 

  Ashby, Jeffrey; Moreno-Madriñán, Max J.; Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; Stanforth, Austin (MDPI, 2017-04)

  Dengue fever (DF), a vector-borne flavivirus, is endemic to the tropical countries of the world with nearly 400 million people becoming infected each year and roughly one-third of the world’s population living in areas of ...
• Slope algorithm to map algal blooms in inland waters for Landsat 8/ Operational Land Imager images 

  Ogashawara, Igor; Li, Lin; Moreno-Madriñán, Max Jacobo (SPIE, 2016-12)

  Monitoring algal blooms using traditional methods is expensive and labor intensive. The use of satellite technology can attenuate such limitations. A common problem associated with the application of such technology is the ...
• Factors of Concern Regarding Zika and Other Aedes aegypti-Transmitted Viruses in the United States 

  Moreno-Madriñán, Max J.; Turell, Michael (Oxford Academic, 2017-03)

  The recent explosive outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya throughout the Americas has raised concerns about the threats that these and similar diseases may pose to the United States (U.S.). The commonly accepted association ...
• Residential distance to major roadways and cardiac structure in African Americans: cross-sectional results from the Jackson Heart Study 

  Weaver, Anne M.; Wellenius, Gregory A.; Wu, Wen-Chih; Hickson, DeMarc A.; Kamalesh, Masoor; Wang, Yi (BioMed Central, 2017)

  Heart failure (HF) is a significant source of morbidity and mortality among African Americans. Ambient air pollution, including from traffic, is associated with HF, but the mechanisms remain unknown. The objectives of this ...

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