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1. Sex-specific association of ambient temperature with urine biomarkers in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh

Author

Mazumder, Hoimonty, Mondol, Momenul Haque, Rahman, Mahbubur, Khan, Rizwana, Doza, Solaiman, Unicomb, Leanne, Jahan, Farjana, Mukhopadhyay, Ayesha, Makris, Konstantinos, Caban-Martinez, Alberto, Iqbal, Romaina, Ahmed, Faruk, Creencia, Lota, Shamsudduha, Mohammad, Mzayek, Fawaz, Jia, Chunrong, Zhang, Hongmei, Musah, Anwar, Fleming, Lora E, Mou, Xichen, Kovesdy, Csaba P, Gribble, Matthew O, and Abu Mohd Naser

Subjects
Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Clinical Research, Good Health and Well Being, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
Published
2024

2. Correction: Marine Protected Area Expansion and Country-Level Age-Standardized Adult Mortality

Author

Haque, Sabrina S, Bennett, Baylin J, Brewer, Thomas D, Morrissey, Karyn, Fleming, Lora E, and Gribble, Matthew O

Subjects
Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Public Health and Health Services, Veterinary sciences
Abstract

In this article the affiliation details for Baylin J. Bennett, Thomas D. Brewer and Lora E. Flemming were incorrectly given as 'European Centre for the Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233 and Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, Building 233, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia' but should have been 'Baylin J. Bennett (Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233), Thomas D. Brewer (Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, Building 233, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia) and Lora E. Flemming (European Centre for the Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK). The original article has been corrected.

Published
2024

3. Epidemiological evidence on drinking water salinity and blood pressure: a scoping review

Author

Xeni, Christina, Oliva, Raymond, Jahan, Farjana, Romaina, Iqbal, Naser, Abu Mohd, Rahman, Mahbubur, Fleming, Lora E, O Gribble, Matthew, and Makris, Konstantinos C

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Public Health, Health Sciences, Hypertension, Cardiovascular, Generic health relevance, Good Health and Well Being
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Abstract: In addition to diet, drinking water can be an important contributor to the total body burden of salts. Water salinity (defined as the amount of dissolved salts in a body of water) has been associated with adverse health effects. We mapped the current research on drinking water salinity and its effects on blood pressure (BP). We aimed to identify knowledge gaps in the methodology and tools used in the epidemiological literature to address water salinity effects on BP. We performed a scoping review of epidemiological studies by searching PubMed and Web of Science databases from 1980 to 2022. Reviews, study comparisons, meta-analyses, commentaries, viewpoints, correspondence, protocols, studies in clinical settings, animal or in vitro studies, or not in English, were excluded. Epidemiologic studies including systolic/diastolic BP and/or the risk of hypertension as the main health outcome and drinking water salts (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, including electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids) as the main exposures were included. After screening 246 articles, 29 articles were retained. Most studies were conducted in Bangladesh and USA (n = 9 and n = 9, respectively). The majority of studies were cross-sectional (n = 18; 62%). The study populations were adults (55%) or children (35%) or both (10%). Only eight (28%) studies did not collect urine samples and only three studies (10%) did not record participant BP. About half of the studies (n = 15, 52%) reported a positive significant (p < 0.05) association between salts in drinking water and higher BP and/or risk of hypertension; while 24% and 24% reported non-significant (p > 0.05) and significant (p < 0.05) negative associations (with lower BP mainly attributed to higher Mg, Ca, and K (rather than Na) levels in drinking water). More longitudinal studies are warranted to investigate the impact of drinking water salinization on cardiovascular health and risk of hypertension. Under a changing climate, this may be particularly important for coastal populations, as sea level rise in combination with the overexploitation of groundwater would differentially perturb the salinity of their drinking water supplies.

Published
2023

16. Mechanisms underlying childhood exposure to blue spaces and adult subjective well-being: An 18-country analysis

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Vitale, Valeria, Martin, Leanne, White, Mathew P., Elliott, Lewis R., Wyles, Kayleigh J., Browning, Matthew H.E.M., Pahl, Sabine, Stehl, Patricia, Bell, Simon, Bratman, Gregory N., Gascon, Mireia, Grellier, James, Lima, Maria L., Lõhmus, Mare, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Ojala, Ann, Taylor, Jane, van den Bosch, Matilda, Weinstein, Netta, and Fleming, Lora E.

Published
2022
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22. Time and tide

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Depledge, Michael H, White, Mathew P, Maycock, Bruce, and Fleming, Lora E

Published
2019

25. IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans.

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Pearce, Neil, Blair, Aaron, Vineis, Paolo, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Andersen, Aage, Anto, Josep M, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Beland, Frederick A, Berrington, Amy, Bertazzi, Pier Alberto, Birnbaum, Linda S, Brownson, Ross C, Bucher, John R, Cantor, Kenneth P, Cardis, Elisabeth, Cherrie, John W, Christiani, David C, Cocco, Pierluigi, Coggon, David, Comba, Pietro, Demers, Paul A, Dement, John M, Douwes, Jeroen, Eisen, Ellen A, Engel, Lawrence S, Fenske, Richard A, Fleming, Lora E, Fletcher, Tony, Fontham, Elizabeth, Forastiere, Francesco, Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer, Fritschi, Lin, Gerin, Michel, Goldberg, Marcel, Grandjean, Philippe, Grimsrud, Tom K, Gustavsson, Per, Haines, Andy, Hartge, Patricia, Hansen, Johnni, Hauptmann, Michael, Heederik, Dick, Hemminki, Kari, Hemon, Denis, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Hoppin, Jane A, Huff, James, Jarvholm, Bengt, Kang, Daehee, Karagas, Margaret R, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Kjuus, Helge, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, Kristensen, Petter, Kromhout, Hans, Laden, Francine, Lebailly, Pierre, LeMasters, Grace, Lubin, Jay H, Lynch, Charles F, Lynge, Elsebeth, 't Mannetje, Andrea, McMichael, Anthony J, McLaughlin, John R, Marrett, Loraine, Martuzzi, Marco, Merchant, James A, Merler, Enzo, Merletti, Franco, Miller, Anthony, Mirer, Franklin E, Monson, Richard, Nordby, Karl-Cristian, Olshan, Andrew F, Parent, Marie-Elise, Perera, Frederica P, Perry, Melissa J, Pesatori, Angela Cecilia, Pirastu, Roberta, Porta, Miquel, Pukkala, Eero, Rice, Carol, Richardson, David B, Ritter, Leonard, Ritz, Beate, Ronckers, Cecile M, Rushton, Lesley, Rusiecki, Jennifer A, Rusyn, Ivan, Samet, Jonathan M, Sandler, Dale P, de Sanjose, Silvia, Schernhammer, Eva, Costantini, Adele Seniori, Seixas, Noah, Shy, Carl, Siemiatycki, Jack, and Silverman, Debra T

Subjects
Humans, Neoplasms, Carcinogens, Environmental, Public Health, Biomedical Research, Publications, International Agencies, Environmental Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Toxicology
Abstract

BackgroundRecently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also for the approach used to perform these evaluations. Some critics have claimed that failures of IARC Working Groups to recognize study weaknesses and biases of Working Group members have led to inappropriate classification of a number of agents as carcinogenic to humans.ObjectivesThe authors of this Commentary are scientists from various disciplines relevant to the identification and hazard evaluation of human carcinogens. We examined criticisms of the IARC classification process to determine the validity of these concerns. Here, we present the results of that examination, review the history of IARC evaluations, and describe how the IARC evaluations are performed.DiscussionWe concluded that these recent criticisms are unconvincing. The procedures employed by IARC to assemble Working Groups of scientists from the various disciplines and the techniques followed to review the literature and perform hazard assessment of various agents provide a balanced evaluation and an appropriate indication of the weight of the evidence. Some disagreement by individual scientists to some evaluations is not evidence of process failure. The review process has been modified over time and will undoubtedly be altered in the future to improve the process. Any process can in theory be improved, and we would support continued review and improvement of the IARC processes. This does not mean, however, that the current procedures are flawed.ConclusionsThe IARC Monographs have made, and continue to make, major contributions to the scientific underpinning for societal actions to improve the public's health.

Published
2015

30. A mathematical, classical stratification modeling approach to disentangling the impact of weather on infectious diseases: A case study using spatio-temporally disaggregated Campylobacter surveillance data for England and Wales.

Author

Lo Iacono, Giovanni, Cook, Alasdair J. C., Derks, Gianne, Fleming, Lora E., French, Nigel, Gillingham, Emma L., Gonzalez Villeta, Laura C., Heaviside, Clare, La Ragione, Roberto M., Leonardi, Giovanni, Sarran, Christophe E., Vardoulakis, Sotiris, Senyah, Francis, van Vliet, Arnoud H. M., and Nichols, Gordon

Subjects
COMMUNICABLE diseases, FOODBORNE diseases, CAMPYLOBACTER, CAMPYLOBACTER infections, WEATHER, MEDICAL climatology, SEASONAL variations of diseases
Abstract

Disentangling the impact of the weather on transmission of infectious diseases is crucial for health protection, preparedness and prevention. Because weather factors are co-incidental and partly correlated, we have used geography to separate out the impact of individual weather parameters on other seasonal variables using campylobacteriosis as a case study. Campylobacter infections are found worldwide and are the most common bacterial food-borne disease in developed countries, where they exhibit consistent but country specific seasonality. We developed a novel conditional incidence method, based on classical stratification, exploiting the long term, high-resolution, linkage of approximately one-million campylobacteriosis cases over 20 years in England and Wales with local meteorological datasets from diagnostic laboratory locations. The predicted incidence of campylobacteriosis increased by 1 case per million people for every 5° (Celsius) increase in temperature within the range of 8°–15°. Limited association was observed outside that range. There were strong associations with day-length. Cases tended to increase with relative humidity in the region of 75–80%, while the associations with rainfall and wind-speed were weaker. The approach is able to examine multiple factors and model how complex trends arise, e.g. the consistent steep increase in campylobacteriosis in England and Wales in May-June and its spatial variability. This transparent and straightforward approach leads to accurate predictions without relying on regression models and/or postulating specific parameterisations. A key output of the analysis is a thoroughly phenomenological description of the incidence of the disease conditional on specific local weather factors. The study can be crucially important to infer the elusive mechanism of transmission of campylobacteriosis; for instance, by simulating the conditional incidence for a postulated mechanism and compare it with the phenomenological patterns as benchmark. The findings challenge the assumption, commonly made in statistical models, that the transformed mean rate of infection for diseases like campylobacteriosis is a mere additive and combination of the environmental variables. Author summary: There is good evidence that weather influences some infectious diseases, driving the seasonal and geographic distribution. This is relevant to gastrointestinal infections, which cause high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Weather can impact people's behaviour, pathogen survival and distribution, animal husbandry, and other environmental variables. We used campylobacteriosis in England and Wales as a case-study to examine a new methodology because it has a distinctive seasonality. The approach compares daily data on affected people by laboratory, the population of the laboratory catchments, and local weather variables. This allows Campylobacter incidence to be compared across the values of these variables (e.g. low to high temperature) to provide an estimate of how individual weather variables, alone or in combination, affect disease incidence. We call this the Comparative Conditional Incidence. The results from this analysis are used to build a mathematical model that represents how weather through the year influences the seasonality of disease. The factors most associated with Campylobacter are day-length, air temperature and relative humidity. This will influence future research to understand why the environment influences disease occurrence, and what the burden and pattern of the disease under different climatic scenarios. The methods may have relevance to other seasonal diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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45. Molecular tools for bathing water assessment in Europe: Balancing social science research with a rapidly developing environmental science evidence-base

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Oliver, David M., Hanley, Nick D., van Niekerk, Melanie, Kay, David, Heathwaite, A. Louise, Rabinovici, Sharyl J. M., Kinzelman, Julie L., Fleming, Lora E., Porter, Jonathan, Shaikh, Sabina, Fish, Rob, Chilton, Sue, Hewitt, Julie, Connolly, Elaine, Cummins, Andy, Glenk, Klaus, McPhail, Calum, McRory, Eric, McVittie, Alistair, Giles, Amanna, Roberts, Suzanne, Simpson, Katherine, Tinch, Dugald, Thairs, Ted, Avery, Lisa M., Vinten, Andy J. A., Watts, Bill D., and Quilliam, Richard S.

Published
2016
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46. Risk in Daily Newspaper Coverage of Red Tide Blooms in Southwest Florida

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Li, Zongchao, Garrison, Bruce, Ullmann, Steven G., Kirkpatrick, Barbara, Fleming, Lora E., and Hoagland, Porter

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This study investigated newspaper coverage of Florida red tide blooms in four metropolitan areas of Southwest Florida during a 25-year period, 1987-2012. We focused on how journalists framed red tide stories with respect to environmental risk, health risk, and economic risk. We determined risk to be a key factor in this news coverage, being an aspect of coverage of red tide itself in terms of environmental risk, tourism risk, and public health risk. The study found that red tide news coverage is most often framed as an environmental story.

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2015
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