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Publication wildfires health Air pollution PM2.5 fires

Fires as a source of annual ambient PM2.5 exposure and chronic health impacts in Europe

Sourangsu Chowdhury, Risto Hänninen, Mikhail Sofiev, Kristin Aunan

Chronic exposure to air pollution (ambient PM2.5) is the largest environmental health risk in Europe. We used a chemical transport model and recent exposure response functions to simulate ambient PM2.5, contribution from fires and related health impacts over Europe from 1990 to 2019. Our estimation indicates that the excess death burden from exposure to ambient PM2.5 declined across Europe at a rate of 10,000 deaths per year. Excess deaths from fires increased by more than 100% during the same period.

Fires as a source of annual ambient PM2.5 exposure and chronic health impacts in Europe - ScienceDirect
28 February 2024
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A better integration of health and economic impact assessments of climate change

Anton Orlov, Jessie Schleypen, Kristin Aunan, Jana Sillmann1, Antonio Gasparrini and Malcolm N Mistry

Climate change could lead to high economic burden for individuals (i.e. low income and high prices). While economic conditions are important determinants of climate change vulnerability, environmental epidemiological studies focus primarily on the direct impact of temperature on morbidity and mortality without accounting for climate-induced impacts on the economy. More integrated approaches are needed to provide comprehensive assessments of climate-induced direct and indirect impacts on health.

A better integration of health and economic impact assessments of climate change - IOPscience
24 February 2024
Publication air pollution heat

Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries.

Massimo Stafoggia, Paola Michelozzi, Alexandra Schneider, Ben Armstrong, Matteo Scortichini, Masna Rai, Souzana Achilleos, Barrak Alahmad, Antonis Analitis, Christofer Åström, Michelle L Bell, Neville Calleja, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Gabriel Carrasco, John Paul Cauchi, Micheline Dszs Coelho, Patricia M Correa, Magali H Diaz, Alireza Entezari, Bertil Forsberg, Rebecca M Garland, Yue Leon Guo, Yuming Guo, Masahiro Hashizume, Iulian H Holobaca, Carmen Íñiguez, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Haidong Kan, Klea Katsouyanni, Ho Kim, Jan Kyselý, Eric Lavigne, Whanhee Lee, Shanshan Li, Marek Maasikmets, Joana Madureira, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Baltazar Nunes, Hans Orru, Nicolás V Ortega, Samuel Osorio, Alfonso D L Palomares, Shih-Chun Pan, Mathilde Pascal, Martina S Ragettli, Shilpa Rao, Raanan Raz, Dominic Roye, Niilo Ryti, Paulo Hn Saldiva, Evangelia Samoli, Joel Schwartz, Noah Scovronick, Francesco Sera, Aurelio Tobias, Shilu Tong, César Dlc Valencia, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Aleš Urban, Antonio Gasparrini, Susanne Breitner, Francesca De' Donato

Background: The epidemiological evidence on the interaction between heat and ambient air pollution on mortality is still inconsistent.

This article investigates the interaction between heat and ambient air pollution on daily mortality in a large dataset of 620 cities from 36 countries.

Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries.
November 2023
Publication Heat effects respiratory mortality

Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe

Sofia Zafeiratou, Evangelia Samoli, Antonis Analitis, Antonio Gasparrini, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca K De' Donato, Shilpa Rao, Siqi Zhang, Susanne Breitner, Pierre Masselot, Kristin Aunan, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni

Background: Heat effects on respiratory mortality are known, mostly from time-series studies of city-wide data. A limited number of studies have been conducted at the national level or covering non-urban areas. Effect modification by area-level factors has not been extensively investigated. Our study assessed the heat effects on respiratory mortality at a small administrative area level in Norway, Germany, and England and Wales, in the warm period (May-September) within 1996-2018. Also, we examined possible effect modification by several area-level characteristics in the framework of the EU-Horizon2020 EXHAUSTION project.

Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe
September 2023
Publication Heat effects cardiovascular Europe Vulnerability

Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe

Siqi Zhang, Susanne Breitner, Masna Rai, Nikolaos Nikolaou, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca De' Donato, Evangelia Samoli, Sofia Zafeiratou, Klea Katsouyanni, Shilpa Rao, Alfonso Diz-Lois Palomares, Antonio Gasparrini, Pierre Masselot, Kristin Aunan, Annette Peters, Alexandra Schneider.

Background: Short-term associations between heat and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality have been examined mostly in large cities. However, different vulnerability and exposure levels may contribute to spatial heterogeneity. This study assessed heat effects on CVD mortality and potential vulnerability factors using data from three European countries, including urban and rural settings.

Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe
August 2023