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Associations of metal mixtures in early pregnancy with lung function and asthma in mid-childhood in Project Viva. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Mar 05; 195(3):699-707. Thilakaratne R, Lin PD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Wright RO, Bradshaw PT, Balmes JR, Gold DR, Hubbard A, Oken E, Cardenas A. PMID: 40192100.
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Even Active Smokers Benefit from Cleaner Indoor Air. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 21. Balmes JR. PMID: 41738249.
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Respiratory injuries among California career firefighters, 2000-2019. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Feb 01; 23(2):200-207. Murray M, Blanc P, Kales SN, Balmes J, Frederick M, Cummings KJ, Harrison R, Gandhi S. PMID: 40961123.
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Occupational Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: At-Risk Worker Groups, Regulatory and Research Needs An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Nov; 22(11):1619-1632. MacMurdo MG, Maier LA, Balmes JR, Berg E, Brigham E, Cummings KJ, Dahlberg V, Evoy R, Ewart G, Guild A, Henneberger PK, Hines SE, Kaufman JD, Lee A, Liebman A, Magzamen S, Meza E, Neidell M, Schenker M, Spector JT, Sokas R, Sack C. PMID: 41170993; PMCID: PMC12551757.
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Wildfires and Atopic Diseases: A Review. Allergy. 2025 Oct 23. Ha A, Balmes JR, Wei ML. PMID: 41128291.
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Natural disasters and respiratory health. Eur Respir J. 2025 Oct; 66(4). Annesi-Maesano I, Bayram H, Cecchi L, Croft D, D'Amato G, Garud A, Kayalar O, Misraedi M, Moitra S, Sampath V, Thakur N, Nadeau K, Balmes J. PMID: 40841146.
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Beyond Single Pollutants: Mixture Analysis Methods in Air Pollution and Asthma Research. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Sep; 211(9):1539-1540. Lu W, Balmes JR. PMID: 40700728; PMCID: PMC12432438.
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Impacts of port and locomotive-related air pollution on respiratory symptoms within vulnerable communities in Southern California. Environ Int. 2025 Aug; 202:109618. Su JG, Vuong V, Shahriary E, Jacobsen J, Balmes J, Barrett M. PMID: 40570577.
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Mixture analysis identifies ozone as driving factor for child asthma symptoms. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2025 Aug; 4(3):100513. Lu W, Eisen EA, Lutzker L, Noth E, Tyner T, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Holm S, Balmes JR. PMID: 40687949; PMCID: PMC12271854.
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Poor People of Color Breathe Poor Air. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 May; 22(5):667-668. Balmes JR. PMID: 40072026; PMCID: PMC12051926.
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Climate Change and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A GOLD Science Committee Review. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 May; 211(5):700-708. Halpin DMG, Balmes J, Han MK, Papi A, Martinez FJ, Montes de Oca M, Ozoh OB, Salvi S, Sin DD, Zheng J, Agusti A, Vogelmeier C, GOLD Science Committee. PMID: 40072246.
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Climate Change and Respiratory Health: Opportunities to Contribute to Environmental Justice: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 May; 22(5):631-650. Croft DP, Lee A, Nordgren TM, Jackson CL, Bayram H, Balmes JR, Nassikas N, Ewart G, Rice MB, Benmarhnia T, Celedón JC, Holm SM, Kerr GH, Anenberg S, Méndez-Lázaro P, Ambri P, Goobie GC, Rebuli ME, Wilson S, Annesi-Maesano I, Balakrishnan K, Cromar K, Jaspers I, Harkema JR, Kapil V, Lai P, Maccarone J, Noël A, Paulin LM, Pinkerton KE, Teherani A, Ahn E, Thurston G, Thakur N. PMID: 40311081; PMCID: PMC12051920.
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Recent and Forecasted Increases in Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Linked to Hydroclimatic Swings, California, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 May; 31(5):1028-1032. Camponuri SK, Heaney AK, Cooksey GS, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Swain DL, Balmes J, Remais JV, Head JR. PMID: 40102178; PMCID: PMC12044236.
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Association of a cleaner-burning stove with blood pressure in adults in rural Malawi. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0315056. Bates MN, Flitz G, Rylance S, Naunje A, Mbalume F, Havens D, Lesosky M, Gordon SB, Mortimer K, Balmes JR. PMID: 40063536; PMCID: PMC11892808.
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Evaporative coolers and wildfire smoke exposure: a climate justice issue in hot, dry regions. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1541053. Solomon GM, Martinez N, Von Behren J, Kaser I, Chang D, Singh A, Jarmul S, Miller SL, Reynolds P, Heidarinejad M, Stephens B, Singer BC, Wagner J, Balmes JR. PMID: 40078771; PMCID: PMC11897565.
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Estimating the Exposure-Response Relationship between Fine Mineral Dust Concentration and Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Using Speciated Particulate Matter Data: A Longitudinal Surveillance Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 Jan; 133(1):17003. Weaver AK, Keeney N, Head JR, Heaney AK, Camponuri SK, Collender P, Bhattachan A, Okin GS, Eisen EA, Sondermeyer-Cooksey G, Yu A, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Balmes J, Taylor J, Remais JV, Strickland MJ. PMID: 39804964; PMCID: PMC11729455.
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The Effect of Wildfires on Asthma and Allergies. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Feb; 13(2):280-287. Balmes JR, Hicks A, Johnson MM, Nadeau KC. PMID: 39672379; PMCID: PMC11807743.
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Tiny Particles, Big Health Impacts. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Dec 01; 210(11):1291-1292. Balmes JR, Hansel NN. PMID: 39212654; PMCID: PMC11622430.
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Impact of air pollution exposure on cytokines and histone modification profiles at single-cell levels during pregnancy. Sci Adv. 2024 11 29; 10(48):eadp5227. Jung YS, Aguilera J, Kaushik A, Ha JW, Cansdale S, Yang E, Ahmed R, Lurmann F, Lutzker L, Hammond SK, Balmes J, Noth E, Burt TD, Aghaeepour N, Waldrop AR, Khatri P, Utz PJ, Rosenburg-Hasson Y, DeKruyff R, Maecker HT, Johnson MM, Nadeau KC. PMID: 39612334; PMCID: PMC11606498.
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Measured air quality impacts after teaching parents about cooking ventilation with a video: a pilot study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Apr; 35(2):223-232. Holm SM, Singer BC, Kang Dufour MS, Delp W, Nolan JES, Bueno de Mesquita PJ, Ward B, Williamson Y, Le O, Russell ML, Harley KG, Balmes JR. PMID: 39521897; PMCID: PMC12009736.
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Impacts from air pollution on respiratory disease outcomes: a meta-analysis. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1417450. Su JG, Aslebagh S, Shahriary E, Barrett M, Balmes JR. PMID: 39444957; PMCID: PMC11497638.
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Climate change and allergic diseases: A scoping review. J Clim Chang Health. 2024 Nov-Dec; 20:100350. Agache I, Akdis C, Akdis M, Al-Hemoud A, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes J, Cecchi L, Damialis A, Haahtela T, Haber AL, Hart JE, Jutel M, Mitamura Y, Mmbaga BT, Oh JW, Ostadtaghizadeh A, Pawankar R, Johnson M, Renz H, Rice MB, Filho NAR, Sampath V, Skevaki C, Thien F, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Wong GWK, Nadeau KC. PMID: 41647117; PMCID: PMC12851229.
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Recent and forecasted increases in coccidioidomycosis incidence in California linked to hydroclimatic swings. medRxiv. 2024 Aug 31. Camponuri SK, Heaney AK, Cooksey GS, Vugia DJ, Jain S, Swain DL, Balmes J, Remais JV, Head JR. PMID: 39252900; PMCID: PMC11383451.
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Examining air pollution exposure dynamics in disadvantaged communities through high-resolution mapping. Sci Adv. 2024 08 09; 10(32):eadm9986. Su JG, Aslebagh S, Vuong V, Shahriary E, Yakutis E, Sage E, Haile R, Balmes J, Jerrett M, Barrett M. PMID: 39110789; PMCID: PMC11305374.
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Long-term air pollution exposure and the risk of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Jan; 44(1):64-74. Koyama T, Zhao Z, Balmes JR, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Reilly JP, Porteous MK, Diamond JM, Christie JD, Cantu E, Ware LB, Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. PMID: 39019353; PMCID: PMC12118639.
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Fine-Scale Neighborhood Air Pollution Mapping: A First Step Toward Decoding Racial Asthma Disparities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 07 15; 210(2):134-136. Thakur N, Balmes JR. PMID: 38602863; PMCID: PMC11273320.
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Health effects of air pollution on respiratory symptoms: A longitudinal study using digital health sensors. Environ Int. 2024 Jul; 189:108810. Su JG, Vuong V, Shahriary E, Aslebagh S, Yakutis E, Sage E, Haile R, Balmes J, Barrett M. PMID: 38875815.
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Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 04 15; 209(8):909-927. Lai PS, Lam NL, Gallery B, Lee AG, Adair-Rohani H, Alexander D, Balakrishnan K, Bisaga I, Chafe ZA, Clasen T, Díaz-Artiga A, Grieshop A, Harrison K, Hartinger SM, Jack D, Kaali S, Lydston M, Mortimer KM, Nicolaou L, Obonyo E, Okello G, Olopade C, Pillarisetti A, Pinto AN, Rosenthal JP, Schluger N, Shi X, Thompson C, Thompson LM, Volckens J, Williams KN, Balmes J, Checkley W, Ozoh OB. PMID: 38619436; PMCID: PMC11531228.
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Immune-mediated disease caused by climate change-associated environmental hazards: mitigation and adaptation. Front Sci. 2024; 2. Agache I, Akdis C, Akdis M, Al-Hemoud A, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes J, Cecchi L, Damialis A, Haahtela T, Haber AL, Hart JE, Jutel M, Mitamura Y, Mmbaga BT, Oh JW, Ostadtaghizadeh A, Pawankar R, Prunicki M, Renz H, Rice MB, Filho NAR, Sampath V, Skevaki C, Thien F, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Wong GWK, Nadeau KC. PMID: 40444110; PMCID: PMC12121949.
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Exposure to Burn Pit Emissions and Respiratory Diseases? JAMA Netw Open. 2024 04 01; 7(4):e247581. Balmes JR. PMID: 38662376.
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Invited Perspective: Longitudinal Follow-up of a Household Air Pollution Trial in a Birth Cohort Yields an Impactful Finding. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Mar; 132(3):31306. Balmes JR. PMID: 38506829; PMCID: PMC10953815.
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Indoor Air Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: Health Consequences, Policy, and Recommendations: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Mar; 21(3):365-376. Nassikas NJ, McCormack MC, Ewart G, Balmes JR, Bond TC, Brigham E, Cromar K, Goldstein AH, Hicks A, Hopke PK, Meyer B, Nazaroff WW, Paulin LM, Rice MB, Thurston GD, Turpin BJ, Vance ME, Weschler CJ, Zhang J, Kipen HM. PMID: 38426826; PMCID: PMC10913763.
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Diesel exhaust and respiratory dust exposure in miners and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality in DEMS II. Environ Int. 2024 Mar; 185:108528. Neophytou AM, Ferguson JM, Costello S, Picciotto S, Balmes JR, Koutros S, Silverman DT, Eisen EA. PMID: 38422874; PMCID: PMC10961191.
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Biomass smoke exposure and somatic growth among children: The RESPIRE and CRECER prospective cohort studies in rural Guatemala. Environ Int. 2024 Jan; 183:108401. Lu W, Jenny A, Romero C, Diaz-Artiga A, Kuster A, Canuz E, Pillarisetti A, McCracken JP, Huang W, Smith KR, Balmes J, Thompson LM. PMID: 38147790.
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Increasing wildfire smoke from the climate crisis: Impacts on asthma and allergies. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 11; 152(5):1081-1083. Balmes JR, Holm SM. PMID: 37739070.
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Impact of Global Climate Change on Pulmonary Health: Susceptible and Vulnerable Populations. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 08; 20(8):1088-1095. Bayram H, Rice MB, Abdalati W, Akpinar Elci M, Mirsaeidi M, Annesi-Maesano I, Pinkerton KE, Balmes JR. PMID: 37126851; PMCID: PMC12039863.
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Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis. Intensive Care Med. 2023 08; 49(8):957-965. Reilly JP, Zhao Z, Shashaty MGS, Koyama T, Jones TK, Anderson BJ, Ittner CA, Dunn T, Miano TA, Oniyide O, Balmes JR, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Christie JD, Meyer NJ, Ware LB. PMID: 37470831; PMCID: PMC10561716.
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Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 04 15; 207(8):978-995. Bhakta NR, Bime C, Kaminsky DA, McCormack MC, Thakur N, Stanojevic S, Baugh AD, Braun L, Lovinsky-Desir S, Adamson R, Witonsky J, Wise RA, Levy SD, Brown R, Forno E, Cohen RT, Johnson M, Balmes J, Mageto Y, Lee CT, Masekela R, Weiner DJ, Irvin CG, Swenson ER, Rosenfeld M, Schwartzstein RM, Agrawal A, Neptune E, Wisnivesky JP, Ortega VE, Burney P. PMID: 36973004; PMCID: PMC10112445.
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Cooking with Natural Gas: Just the Facts, Please. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 04 15; 207(8):996-997. Balmes JR, Holm SM, McCormack MC, Hansel NN, Gerald LB, Krishnan JA. PMID: 36867430; PMCID: PMC10112436.
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Should Schools Be Made Clean Air Spaces for Wildfire Smoke Episodes? JAMA Netw Open. 2023 04 03; 6(4):e235780. Balmes JR. PMID: 37017974.
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Cognitive Development and Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure in the CHAMACOS Cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 03; 131(3):37007. Holm SM, Balmes JR, Gunier RB, Kogut K, Harley KG, Eskenazi B. PMID: 36913239; PMCID: PMC10010399.
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Ozone and childhood respiratory health: A primer for US pediatric providers and a call for a more protective standard. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 05; 58(5):1355-1366. Rosser F, Balmes J. PMID: 36815617; PMCID: PMC10121852.
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Can Breathing Poor-quality Air Lead to Poor-quality Sleep in Children? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 03 01; 207(5):510-511. Balmes JR. PMID: 36342427; PMCID: PMC10870902.
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Associations between prenatal and early-life air pollution exposure and lung function in young children: Exploring influential windows of exposure on lung development. Environ Res. 2023 04 01; 222:115415. Neophytou AM, Lutzker L, Good KM, Mann JK, Noth EM, Holm SM, Costello S, Tyner T, Nadeau KC, Eisen EA, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Balmes JR. PMID: 36738772; PMCID: PMC9974878.
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Tuberculosis Diagnoses Following Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 02 01; 207(3):336-345. Linde LR, Readhead A, Barry PM, Balmes JR, Lewnard JA. PMID: 36103611.
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Air Pollution and Atopic Dermatitis, from Molecular Mechanisms to Population-Level Evidence: A Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 01 31; 20(3). Fadadu RP, Abuabara K, Balmes JR, Hanifin JM, Wei ML. PMID: 36767891; PMCID: PMC9916398.
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Biomass Smoke Exposure and Atopy among Young Children in the Western Highlands of Guatemala: A Prospective Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 10 28; 19(21). Lu W, Wang LA, Mann J, Jenny A, Romero C, Kuster A, Canuz E, Pillarisetti A, Smith KR, Balmes J, Thompson L. PMID: 36360942; PMCID: PMC9656762.
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The Association between Ambient PM2.5 and Low Birth Weight in California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 10 19; 19(20). Lee J, Costello S, Balmes JR, Holm SM. PMID: 36294135; PMCID: PMC9602828.
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Post-TB lung disease in three African countries. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 09 01; 26(9):891-893. Binegdie AB, Brenac S, Devereux G, Meme H, El Sony A, Gebremariam TH, Osman R, Miheso B, Mungai B, Zurba L, Lesosky M, Balmes J, Burney PJ, Mortimer K. PMID: 35996284; PMCID: PMC9423016.
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Worker Perspectives on COVID-19 Risks: A Qualitative Study of Latino Construction Workers in Oakland, California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 08 09; 19(16). Meza E, Giglio L, Franco AO, Rodriguez E, Stock L, Balmes J, Torres JM, Fernandez A. PMID: 36011454; PMCID: PMC9408167.
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Occupational Exposures in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease. Chest. 2022 08; 162(2):e106-e107. Blanc PD, Balmes JR, Redlich C. PMID: 35940661.
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Association between long-term exposure to particulate air pollution with SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths in California, U.S.A. Environ Adv. 2022 Oct; 9:100270. English PB, Von Behren J, Balmes JR, Boscardin J, Carpenter C, Goldberg DE, Horiuchi S, Richardson M, Solomon G, Valle J, Reynolds P. PMID: 35912397; PMCID: PMC9316717.
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Effect of ozone on allergic airway inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2022 Nov; 1(4):273-281. Arjomandi M, Wong H, Tenney R, Holland N, Balmes JR. PMID: 36643820; PMCID: PMC9838882.
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Global Health Impacts for Economic Models of Climate Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 07; 19(7):1203-1212. Cromar KR, Anenberg SC, Balmes JR, Fawcett AA, Ghazipura M, Gohlke JM, Hashizume M, Howard P, Lavigne E, Levy K, Madrigano J, Martinich JA, Mordecai EA, Rice MB, Saha S, Scovronick NC, Sekercioglu F, Svendsen ER, Zaitchik BF, Ewart G. PMID: 35073249; PMCID: PMC9278641.
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Revisiting the Protective Value of Barrier Face Coverings After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Public Health. 2022 06; 112(6):846-849. Witek TJ, Scott JA, Balmes JR. PMID: 35446608; PMCID: PMC9137012.
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A Good Fit versus One Size for All: Alternatives to Race in the Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 03 15; 205(6):616-618. Bhakta NR, Balmes JR. PMID: 35120297.
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Increases in ambient air pollutants during pregnancy are linked to increases in methylation of IL4, IL10, and IFNγ. Clin Epigenetics. 2022 03 14; 14(1):40. Aguilera J, Han X, Cao S, Balmes J, Lurmann F, Tyner T, Lutzker L, Noth E, Hammond SK, Sampath V, Burt T, Utz PJ, Khatri P, Aghaeepour N, Maecker H, Prunicki M, Nadeau K. PMID: 35287715; PMCID: PMC8919561.
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Household air pollution and COPD: cause and effect or confounding by other aspects of poverty? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 03 01; 26(3):206-216. Mortimer K, Montes de Oca M, Salvi S, Balakrishnan K, Hadfield RM, Ramirez-Venegas A, Halpin DMG, Ozoh Obianuju B, Han MeiLan K, Perez Padilla R, Kirenga B, Balmes JR. PMID: 35197160; PMCID: PMC8886958.
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Identifying impacts of air pollution on subacute asthma symptoms using digital medication sensors. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 02 18; 51(1):213-224. Su JG, Barrett MA, Combs V, Henderson K, Van Sickle D, Hogg C, Simrall G, Moyer SS, Tarini P, Wojcik O, Sublett J, Smith T, Renda AM, Balmes J, Gondalia R, Kaye L, Jerrett M. PMID: 34664072.
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Long-Term Exposure to Ozone and Small Airways: A Large Impact? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 02 15; 205(4):384-385. Balmes JR. PMID: 35007495; PMCID: PMC8886953.
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The Air We Breathe: Respiratory Impact of Indoor Air Quality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 02 15; 205(4):378-380. Mkorombindo T, Balmes JR, Custovic A, Dransfield MT. PMID: 35007496; PMCID: PMC8886942.
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Chronic respiratory disease in adult outpatients in three African countries: a cross-sectional study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 01 01; 26(1):18-25. Binegdie AB, Meme H, El Sony A, Haile T, Osman R, Miheso B, Zurba L, Lesosky M, Balmes J, Burney PJ, Mortimer K, Devereux G. PMID: 34969424; PMCID: PMC8734192.
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Effects of short-term increases in personal and ambient pollutant concentrations on pulmonary and cardiovascular function: A panel study analysis of the Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr subjects (MOSES 2). Environ Res. 2022 04 01; 205:112522. Frampton MW, Balmes JR, Bromberg PA, Arjomandi M, Hazucha MJ, Thurston SW, Alexis NE, Ganz P, Zareba W, Koutrakis P, Thevenet-Morrison K, Rich DQ. PMID: 34919956.
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No fire without smoke (particles). Elife. 2021 11 17; 10. Holm SM, Balmes J. PMID: 34787080; PMCID: PMC8598159.
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Indoor Air Pollution and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis Infection in Urban Vietnamese Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 11 15; 204(10):1211-1221. Blount RJ, Phan H, Trinh T, Dang H, Merrifield C, Zavala M, Zabner J, Comellas AP, Stapleton EM, Segal MR, Balmes J, Nhung NV, Nahid P. PMID: 34343025; PMCID: PMC8759300.
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Changing lung function and associated health-related quality-of-life: A five-year cohort study of Malawian adults. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Nov; 41:101166. Njoroge MW, Mjojo P, Chirwa C, Rylance S, Nightingale R, Gordon SB, Mortimer K, Burney P, Balmes J, Rylance J, Obasi A, Niessen LW, Devereux G, IMPALA consortium. PMID: 34712931; PMCID: PMC8529201.
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Outdoor Air Pollution and Your Health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 10 01; 204(7):P13-P14. Rice M, Balmes J, Malhotra A. PMID: 34609258; PMCID: PMC8662517.
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Place Matters: Residential Racial Segregation and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 09 01; 204(5):496-498. Balmes JR. PMID: 34138685; PMCID: PMC8491254.
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Traffic-related air pollution, biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction, oxidative stress, and CC16 in children. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022 07; 32(4):530-537. Zhang AL, Balmes JR, Lutzker L, Mann JK, Margolis HG, Tyner T, Holland N, Noth EM, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Holm SM. PMID: 34417545; PMCID: PMC8858324.
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Systematic Review of Ozone Effects on Human Lung Function, 2013 Through 2020. Chest. 2022 01; 161(1):190-201. Holm SM, Balmes JR. PMID: 34389296; PMCID: PMC8783034.
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Stress Is in the Air: Ambient Reactive Oxygen Species and COVID-19. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 07 15; 204(2):118-120. Balmes JR. PMID: 34038698; PMCID: PMC8650787.
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Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18-65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252454. Chen YH, Glymour M, Riley A, Balmes J, Duchowny K, Harrison R, Matthay E, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 34086762; PMCID: PMC8177528.
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Respiratory Impacts of Wildland Fire Smoke: Future Challenges and Policy Opportunities. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 06; 18(6):921-930. Rice MB, Henderson SB, Lambert AA, Cromar KR, Hall JA, Cascio WE, Smith PG, Marsh BJ, Coefield S, Balmes JR, Kamal A, Gilmour MI, Carlsten C, Navarro KM, Collman GW, Rappold A, Miller MD, Stone SL, Costa DL. PMID: 33938390; PMCID: PMC8456726.
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Association of Wildfire Air Pollution and Health Care Use for Atopic Dermatitis and Itch. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Jun 01; 157(6):658-666. Fadadu RP, Grimes B, Jewell NP, Vargo J, Young AT, Abuabara K, Balmes JR, Wei ML. PMID: 33881450; PMCID: PMC8060890.
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The relationship between air pollutants and maternal socioeconomic factors on preterm birth in California urban counties. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 05; 31(3):503-513. Mekonnen ZK, Oehlert JW, Eskenazi B, Shaw GM, Balmes JR, Padula AM. PMID: 33859340; PMCID: PMC8134052.
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Raising standards to lower diesel emissions. Science. 2021 Mar 26; 371(6536):1314-1316. Schwarzman M, Schildroth S, Bhetraratana M, Alvarado Á, Balmes J. PMID: 33766877.
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Coccidioidomycosis and COVID-19 Co-Infection, United States, 2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(5):1266-1273. Heaney AK, Head JR, Broen K, Click K, Taylor J, Balmes JR, Zelner J, Remais JV. PMID: 33755007; PMCID: PMC8084485.
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The clear and persistent impact of air pollution on chronic respiratory diseases: a call for interventions. Eur Respir J. 2021 03; 57(3). Annesi-Maesano I, Forastiere F, Balmes J, Garcia E, Harkema J, Holgate S, Kelly F, Khreis H, Hoffmann B, Maesano CN, McConnell R, Peden D, Pinkerton K, Schikowski T, Thurston G, Van Winkle LS, Carlsten C. PMID: 33737377.
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Diurnal variability of fine-particulate pollution concentrations: data from 14 low- and middle-income countries. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 03 01; 25(3):206-214. Dobson R, Siddiqi K, Ferdous T, Huque R, Lesosky M, Balmes J, Semple S. PMID: 33688809; PMCID: PMC7948758.
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Air pollution exposure is linked with methylation of immunoregulatory genes, altered immune cell profiles, and increased blood pressure in children. Sci Rep. 2021 02 18; 11(1):4067. Prunicki M, Cauwenberghs N, Lee J, Zhou X, Movassagh H, Noth E, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Balmes JR, Desai M, Wu JC, Nadeau KC. PMID: 33603036; PMCID: PMC7893154.
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Traffic-related air pollution is associated with glucose dysregulation, blood pressure, and oxidative stress in children. Environ Res. 2021 04; 195:110870. Mann JK, Lutzker L, Holm SM, Margolis HG, Neophytou AM, Eisen EA, Costello S, Tyner T, Holland N, Tindula G, Prunicki M, Nadeau K, Noth EM, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Balmes JR. PMID: 33587949; PMCID: PMC8520413.
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ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine. ATS Sch. 2020 Dec 30; 1(4):456-475. Gross JE, McCown MY, Okorie C, Bishay LC, Dy FJ, Rettig JS, Baker CD, Balmes JR, Barber AT, Bose SK, Casey A, Hawkins SMM, Kass A, Keim G, Mokhallati N, Montgomery G, Peranteau WH, Serrano R, Vece TJ, Yehya N, Boyer D, Hayes MM. PMID: 33870313; PMCID: PMC8015762.
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Cardiopulmonary Impact of Particulate Air Pollution in High-Risk Populations: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 12 15; 76(24):2878-2894. Newman JD, Bhatt DL, Rajagopalan S, Balmes JR, Brauer M, Breysse PN, Brown AGM, Carnethon MR, Cascio WE, Collman GW, Fine LJ, Hansel NN, Hernandez A, Hochman JS, Jerrett M, Joubert BR, Kaufman JD, Malik AO, Mensah GA, Newby DE, Peel JL, Siegel J, Siscovick D, Thompson BL, Zhang J, Brook RD. PMID: 33303078; PMCID: PMC8040922.
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Wildland firefighter exposure to smoke and COVID-19: A new risk on the fire line. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Mar 15; 760:144296. Navarro KM, Clark KA, Hardt DJ, Reid CE, Lahm PW, Domitrovich JW, Butler CR, Balmes JR. PMID: 33341613; PMCID: PMC7962897.
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The Changing Nature of Wildfires: Impacts on the Health of the Public. Clin Chest Med. 2020 12; 41(4):771-776. Balmes JR. PMID: 33153694.
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Short-term differences in cardiac function following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution: The subclinical tests on volunteers exposed to smoke (STOVES) study. Environ Int. 2021 01; 146:106254. Cole-Hunter T, Dhingra R, Fedak KM, Good N, L'Orange C, Luckasen G, Mehaffy J, Walker E, Wilson A, Balmes J, Brook RD, Clark ML, Devlin RB, Volckens J, Peel JL. PMID: 33221594; PMCID: PMC7775898.
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Differences in the Estimation of Wildfire-Associated Air Pollution by Satellite Mapping of Smoke Plumes and Ground-Level Monitoring. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 11 05; 17(21). Fadadu RP, Balmes JR, Holm SM. PMID: 33167314; PMCID: PMC7663802.
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Guidance to Reduce the Cardiovascular Burden of Ambient Air Pollutants: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 12 08; 142(23):e432-e447. Kaufman JD, Elkind MSV, Bhatnagar A, Koehler K, Balmes JR, Sidney S, Burroughs Peña MS, Dockery DW, Hou L, Brook RD, Laden F, Rajagopalan S, Bishop Kendrick K, Turner JR, American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee. PMID: 33147996.
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Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 02; 31(1):1-20. Holm SM, Miller MD, Balmes JR. PMID: 32952154; PMCID: PMC7502220.
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The joint effect of ambient air pollution and agricultural pesticide exposures on lung function among children with asthma. Environ Res. 2020 11; 190:109903. Benka-Coker W, Hoskovec L, Severson R, Balmes J, Wilson A, Magzamen S. PMID: 32750551; PMCID: PMC7529969.
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Acute differences in blood lipids and inflammatory biomarkers following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the STOVES study. Int J Environ Health Res. 2022 Mar; 32(3):565-578. Walker ES, Fedak KM, Good N, Balmes J, Brook RD, Clark ML, Cole-Hunter T, Devlin RB, L'Orange C, Luckasen G, Mehaffy J, Shelton R, Wilson A, Volckens J, Peel JL. PMID: 32615777; PMCID: PMC7775880.
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The Need for a Tighter Particulate-Matter Air-Quality Standard. N Engl J Med. 2020 08 13; 383(7):680-683. Independent Particulate Matter Review Panel, Frey HC, Adams PJ, Adgate JL, Allen GA, Balmes J, Boyle K, Chow JC, Dockery DW, Felton HD, Gordon T, Harkema JR, Kinney P, Kleinman MT, McConnell R, Poirot RL, Sarnat JA, Sheppard L, Turpin B, Wyzga R. PMID: 32521130.
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Long-term ozone exposure is positively associated with telomere length in critically ill patients. Environ Int. 2020 08; 141:105780. Wang C, Wolters PJ, Calfee CS, Liu S, Balmes JR, Zhao Z, Koyama T, Ware LB. PMID: 32417614; PMCID: PMC7535086.
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Do Ambient Ozone or Other Pollutants Modify Effects of Controlled Ozone Exposure on Pulmonary Function? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 05; 17(5):563-572. Rich DQ, Thurston SW, Balmes JR, Bromberg PA, Arjomandi M, Hazucha MJ, Alexis NE, Ganz P, Zareba W, Thevenet-Morrison K, Koutrakis P, Frampton MW. PMID: 32125874.
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Pneumonia and Exposure to Household Air Pollution in Children Under the Age of 5 Years in Rural Malawi: Findings From the Cooking and Pneumonia Study. Chest. 2020 08; 158(2):501-511. Mortimer K, Lesosky M, Semple S, Malava J, Katundu C, Crampin A, Wang D, Weston W, Pope D, Havens D, Gordon SB, Balmes J. PMID: 32311349; PMCID: PMC7417377.
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Acute changes in lung function following controlled exposure to cookstove air pollution in the subclinical tests of volunteers exposed to smoke (STOVES) study. Inhal Toxicol. 2020 02; 32(3):115-123. Fedak KM, Good N, Walker ES, Balmes J, Brook RD, Clark ML, Cole-Hunter T, Devlin R, L'Orange C, Luckasen G, Mehaffy J, Shelton R, Wilson A, Volckens J, Peel JL. PMID: 32297528; PMCID: PMC7310566.
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Reply to Eissenberg and Maziak: Are Electronic Cigarette Users at Risk for Lipid-mediated Lung Injury? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 04 15; 201(8):1013-1014. Balmes JR. PMID: 31917603; PMCID: PMC7159429.
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Prospective cohort study of respiratory effects at ages 14 to 26 following early life exposure to arsenic in drinking water. Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Apr; 4(2):e089. Khan MA, Hira-Smith M, Ahmed SI, Yunus M, Hasan SMT, Liaw J, Balmes J, Raqib R, Yuan Y, Kalman D, Roh T, Steinmaus C, Smith AH. PMID: 32337474; PMCID: PMC7147401.
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Prenatal phthalate, paraben, and phenol exposure and childhood allergic and respiratory outcomes: Evaluating exposure to chemical mixtures. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jul 10; 725:138418. Berger K, Coker E, Rauch S, Eskenazi B, Balmes J, Kogut K, Holland N, Calafat AM, Harley K. PMID: 32302842; PMCID: PMC7255953.
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Outdoor Air Pollution and New-Onset Airway Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 04; 17(4):387-398. Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Garcia E, Gilliland FD, Rice MB, Schikowski T, Van Winkle LS, Annesi-Maesano I, Burchard EG, Carlsten C, Harkema JR, Khreis H, Kleeberger SR, Kodavanti UP, London SJ, McConnell R, Peden DB, Pinkerton KE, Reibman J, White CW. PMID: 32233861; PMCID: PMC7175976.
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Cumulative Lifetime Burden of Cardiovascular Disease From Early Exposure to Air Pollution. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 03 17; 9(6):e014944. Kim JB, Prunicki M, Haddad F, Dant C, Sampath V, Patel R, Smith E, Akdis C, Balmes J, Snyder MP, Wu JC, Nadeau KC. PMID: 32174249; PMCID: PMC7335506.
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The hazards of wildfire smoke exposure for children. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2020 02; 50(2):100756. Hauptman M, Balmes JR, Miller MD. PMID: 32147302.
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Where There's Smoke, Kids Will Cough and Wheeze. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 03; 17(3):276-277. Balmes JR. PMID: 32108501.
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Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr Subjects (MOSES): Part 2. Effects of Personal and Ambient Concentrations of Ozone and Other Pollutants on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Function. Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2020 Mar; (192, Pt 2):1-90. Rich DQ, Frampton MW, Balmes JR, Bromberg PA, Arjomandi M, Hazucha MJ, Thurston SW, Alexis NE, Ganz P, Zareba W, Koutrakis P, Thevenet-Morrison K. PMID: 32239870; PMCID: PMC7325421.
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Non-communicable respiratory disease and air pollution exposure in Malawi: a prospective cohort study. Thorax. 2020 03; 75(3):220-226. Rylance S, Jewell C, Naunje A, Mbalume F, Chetwood JD, Nightingale R, Zurba L, Flitz G, Gordon SB, Lesosky M, Balmes JR, Mortimer K. PMID: 32079666; PMCID: PMC7063402.
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Biomass Fuel Use and Cardiac Function in Nepali Women. Glob Heart. 2020 02 07; 15(1):11. Tiwana J, Benziger C, Hooper L, Pope K, Alurkar V, Kafle R, Sijali TR, Balmes JR, Kaufman JD, Bates MN. PMID: 32489784; PMCID: PMC7218789.
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Air pollution interventions and respiratory health: a systematic review. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 02 01; 24(2):150-164. Saleh S, Shepherd W, Jewell C, Lam NL, Balmes J, Bates MN, Lai PS, Ochieng CA, Chinouya M, Mortimer K. PMID: 32127098.
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Associations between historical residential redlining and current age-adjusted rates of emergency department visits due to asthma across eight cities in California: an ecological study. Lancet Planet Health. 2020 01; 4(1):e24-e31. Nardone A, Casey JA, Morello-Frosch R, Mujahid M, Balmes JR, Thakur N. PMID: 31999951; PMCID: PMC10018700.
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Geospatial-temporal analysis of the impact of ozone on asthma rescue inhaler use. Environ Int. 2020 03; 136:105331. Pepper JR, Barrett MA, Su JG, Merchant R, Henderson K, Van Sickle D, Balmes JR. PMID: 31836258.
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Health Benefits of Air Pollution Reduction. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 12; 16(12):1478-1487. Schraufnagel DE, Balmes JR, De Matteis S, Hoffman B, Kim WJ, Perez-Padilla R, Rice M, Sood A, Vanker A, Wuebbles DJ. PMID: 31774324.
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Vaping-induced Acute Lung Injury: An Epidemic That Could Have Been Prevented. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 12 01; 200(11):1342-1344. Balmes JR. PMID: 31613146; PMCID: PMC6884057.
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Ambient Air Pollution and Mortality in 652 Cities. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2019 11 21; 381(21):2075. Balmes JR. PMID: 31747738.
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Residential urban tree canopy is associated with decreased mortality during tuberculosis treatment in California. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Apr 01; 711:134580. Blount RJ, Pascopella L, Barry P, Zabner J, Stapleton EM, Flood J, Balmes J, Nahid P, Catanzaro DG. PMID: 32000313; PMCID: PMC6995452.
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Acute differences in pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, and central pulse pressure following controlled exposures to cookstove air pollution in the Subclinical Tests of Volunteers Exposed to Smoke (SToVES) study. Environ Res. 2020 01; 180:108831. Walker ES, Fedak KM, Good N, Balmes J, Brook RD, Clark ML, Cole-Hunter T, Dinenno F, Devlin RB, L'Orange C, Luckasen G, Mehaffy J, Shelton R, Wilson A, Volckens J, Peel JL. PMID: 31648072; PMCID: PMC6899199.
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Long-Term Exposure to Ozone and Cardiopulmonary Mortality: Epidemiology Strikes Again. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 10 15; 200(8):958-959. Balmes JR. PMID: 31185178; PMCID: PMC6794103.
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Accelerated lung function decline in an aluminium manufacturing industry cohort exposed to PM2.5: an application of the parametric g-formula. Occup Environ Med. 2019 12; 76(12):888-894. Neophytou AM, Costello S, Picciotto S, Noth EM, Liu S, Lutzker L, Balmes JR, Hammond K, Cullen MR, Eisen EA. PMID: 31615860; PMCID: PMC7771835.
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Pneumoproteins are associated with pulmonary function in HIV-infected persons. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0223263. Jeon D, Chang EG, McGing M, Hartman-Filson M, Sommers M, Lewis E, Balmes JR, Moisi D, Lederman MM, Madsen KA, Woodruff PG, Hunt PW, Huang L, Inflammation, Aging, Microbes and Obstructive Lung Disease (I AM OLD) Study. PMID: 31574118; PMCID: PMC6772133.
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Ozone effects on blood biomarkers of systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial function, and thrombosis: The Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr Subjects (MOSES). PLoS One. 2019; 14(9):e0222601. Balmes JR, Arjomandi M, Bromberg PA, Costantini MG, Dagincourt N, Hazucha MJ, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, Rich DQ, Stark P, Frampton MW. PMID: 31553765; PMCID: PMC6760801.
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Incident command post exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and particulate matter during a wildfire. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2019 11; 16(11):735-744. Navarro KM, Cisneros R, Schweizer D, Chowdhary P, Noth EM, Balmes JR, Hammond SK. PMID: 31545144.
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Lung health and exposure to air pollution in Malawian children (CAPS): a cross-sectional study. Thorax. 2019 11; 74(11):1070-1077. Rylance S, Nightingale R, Naunje A, Mbalume F, Jewell C, Balmes JR, Grigg J, Mortimer K. PMID: 31467192; PMCID: PMC6860406.
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Do We Really Need Another Time-Series Study of the PM2.5-Mortality Association? N Engl J Med. 2019 08 22; 381(8):774-776. Balmes JR. PMID: 31433927.
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Acute Effects on Blood Pressure Following Controlled Exposure to Cookstove Air Pollution in the STOVES Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 07 16; 8(14):e012246. Fedak KM, Good N, Walker ES, Balmes J, Brook RD, Clark ML, Cole-Hunter T, Devlin R, L'Orange C, Luckasen G, Mehaffy J, Shelton R, Wilson A, Volckens J, Peel JL. PMID: 31286826; PMCID: PMC6662148.
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Ambient air pollution, asthma drug response, and telomere length in African American youth. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 09; 144(3):839-845.e10. Lee EY, Oh SS, White MJ, Eng CS, Elhawary JR, Borrell LN, Nuckton TJ, Zeiger AM, Keys KL, Mak ACY, Hu D, Huntsman S, Contreras MG, Samedy LA, Goddard PC, Salazar SL, Brigino-Buenaventura EN, Davis A, Meade KE, LeNoir MA, Lurmann FW, Burchard EG, Eisen EA, Balmes JR. PMID: 31247265; PMCID: PMC6938647.
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In utero tobacco smoke exposure, DNA methylation, and asthma in Latino children. Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Jun; 3(3):e048. Neophytou AM, Oh SS, Hu D, Huntsman S, Eng C, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Kumar R, Balmes JR, Eisen EA, Burchard EG. PMID: 31342008; PMCID: PMC6571182.
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Household air pollution from domestic combustion of solid fuels and health. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 06; 143(6):1979-1987. Balmes JR. PMID: 31176380.
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The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 06 01; 199(11):1312-1334. Blanc PD, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes JR, Cummings KJ, Fishwick D, Miedinger D, Murgia N, Naidoo RN, Reynolds CJ, Sigsgaard T, Torén K, Vinnikov D, Redlich CA. PMID: 31149852; PMCID: PMC6543721.
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Machine-learned modeling of PM2.5 exposures in rural Lao PDR. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Aug 01; 676:811-822. Hill LD, Pillarisetti A, Delapena S, Garland C, Pennise D, Pelletreau A, Koetting P, Motmans T, Vongnakhone K, Khammavong C, Boatman MR, Balmes J, Hubbard A, Smith KR. PMID: 31071563.
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Associations between Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Illness Found to Vary between Children and Adults. Implications for U.S. Air Quality Policy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Apr 01; 199(7):817-819. English P, Balmes J. PMID: 30485120; PMCID: PMC6444659.
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Wildland firefighter smoke exposure and risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality. Environ Res. 2019 06; 173:462-468. Navarro KM, Kleinman MT, Mackay CE, Reinhardt TE, Balmes JR, Broyles GA, Ottmar RD, Naher LP, Domitrovich JW. PMID: 30981117.
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Impact of Long-Term Exposures to Ambient PM2.5 and Ozone on ARDS Risk for Older Adults in the United States. Chest. 2019 07; 156(1):71-79. Rhee J, Dominici F, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Wang Y, Di Q, Balmes J, Christiani DC. PMID: 30926395; PMCID: PMC6607425.
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Greening of the Heart and Mind. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 03 19; 8(6):e012090. Balmes JR. PMID: 30835595; PMCID: PMC6475070.
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When the Fetus Is Exposed to Smoke, the Developing Lung Is Burned. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Mar 15; 199(6):684-685. Balmes JR. PMID: 30272992; PMCID: PMC6423106.
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Noncommunicable Respiratory Disease and Air Pollution Exposure in Malawi (CAPS). A Cross-Sectional Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 03 01; 199(5):613-621. Nightingale R, Lesosky M, Flitz G, Rylance SJ, Meghji J, Burney P, Balmes J, Mortimer K. PMID: 30141966; PMCID: PMC6396863.
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Healthy Air, Healthy Brains: Advancing Air Pollution Policy to Protect Children's Health. Am J Public Health. 2019 04; 109(4):550-554. Payne-Sturges DC, Marty MA, Perera F, Miller MD, Swanson M, Ellickson K, Cory-Slechta DA, Ritz B, Balmes J, Anderko L, Talbott EO, Gould R, Hertz-Picciotto I. PMID: 30789769; PMCID: PMC6417586.
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Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Household Air Pollution and Lung Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 02 01; 199(3):264-265. van Zyl-Smit RN, Balmes JR. PMID: 30251876.
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Monitoring and modeling of household air quality related to use of different Cookfuels in Paraguay. Indoor Air. 2019 03; 29(2):252-262. Tagle M, Pillarisetti A, Hernandez MT, Troncoso K, Soares A, Torres R, Galeano A, Oyola P, Balmes J, Smith KR. PMID: 30339298; PMCID: PMC6849814.
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Wildfires Disaster Guidance: Tips for Staying Healthy during Wildfires. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 01 15; 199(2):P3-P4. Jamil S, Carlos WG, Leard L, Wang A, Santhosh L, Balmes J, Seam N, Dela Cruz CS. PMID: 30644780.
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Low to Moderate Air Pollutant Exposure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Severe Trauma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 01 01; 199(1):62-70. Reilly JP, Zhao Z, Shashaty MGS, Koyama T, Christie JD, Lanken PN, Wang C, Balmes JR, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Ware LB. PMID: 30067389; PMCID: PMC6353017.
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution, maternal diabetes and preterm birth. Environ Res. 2019 03; 170:160-167. Padula AM, Yang W, Lurmann FW, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Shaw GM. PMID: 30579990; PMCID: PMC6373725.
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Night and rotational work exposure within the last 12 months and risk of incident hypertension. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2019 05 01; 45(3):256-266. Ferguson JM, Costello S, Neophytou AM, Balmes JR, Bradshaw PT, Cullen MR, Eisen EA. PMID: 30614503; PMCID: PMC6494694.
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Prenatal high molecular weight phthalates and bisphenol A, and childhood respiratory and allergic outcomes. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2019 02; 30(1):36-46. Berger K, Eskenazi B, Balmes J, Kogut K, Holland N, Calafat AM, Harley KG. PMID: 30338578; PMCID: PMC6436539.
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Exposure to Household Air Pollution from Biomass Cookstoves and Levels of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) among Honduran Women. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 11 13; 15(11). Benka-Coker ML, Clark ML, Rajkumar S, Young BN, Bachand AM, Balmes JR, Brook R, Nelson TL, Volckens J, Reynolds SJ, Wilson A, L'Orange C, Good N, Quinn C, Koehler K, Africano S, Osorto Pinel A, Peel JL. PMID: 30428575; PMCID: PMC6267103.
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Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 1: The Damaging Effects of Air Pollution. Chest. 2019 02; 155(2):409-416. Schraufnagel DE, Balmes JR, Cowl CT, De Matteis S, Jung SH, Mortimer K, Perez-Padilla R, Rice MB, Riojas-Rodriguez H, Sood A, Thurston GD, To T, Vanker A, Wuebbles DJ. PMID: 30419235; PMCID: PMC6904855.
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Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air Pollution and Organ Systems. Chest. 2019 02; 155(2):417-426. Schraufnagel DE, Balmes JR, Cowl CT, De Matteis S, Jung SH, Mortimer K, Perez-Padilla R, Rice MB, Riojas-Rodriguez H, Sood A, Thurston GD, To T, Vanker A, Wuebbles DJ. PMID: 30419237; PMCID: PMC6904854.
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Associations between prenatal maternal urinary concentrations of personal care product chemical biomarkers and childhood respiratory and allergic outcomes in the CHAMACOS study. Environ Int. 2018 12; 121(Pt 1):538-549. Berger K, Eskenazi B, Balmes J, Holland N, Calafat AM, Harley KG. PMID: 30293015; PMCID: PMC6239199.
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The Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Carbon Monoxide Exposure and Carboxyhemoglobin Levels in Children under 5 Years Old. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 09 05; 15(9). Havens D, Wang D, Grigg J, Gordon SB, Balmes J, Mortimer K. PMID: 30189674; PMCID: PMC6163876.
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Reply: Response to Cookstove Trials and Tribulations: What Is Needed to Decrease the Burden of Household Air Pollution? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 08; 15(8):1002. Mortimer K, Balmes JR. PMID: 29767532.
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Cardiovascular function and ozone exposure: The Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr Subjects (MOSES). Environ Int. 2018 10; 119:193-202. Rich DQ, Balmes JR, Frampton MW, Zareba W, Stark P, Arjomandi M, Hazucha MJ, Costantini MG, Ganz P, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, Dagincourt N, Bromberg PA. PMID: 29980042.
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Secondhand smoke exposure and asthma outcomes among African-American and Latino children with asthma. Thorax. 2018 11; 73(11):1041-1048. Neophytou AM, Oh SS, White MJ, Mak ACY, Hu D, Huntsman S, Eng C, Serebrisky D, Borrell LN, Farber HJ, Meade K, Davis A, Avila PC, Thyne SM, Rodríguez-Cintrón W, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Kumar R, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Sen S, Lenoir MA, Williams LK, Benowitz NL, Balmes JR, Eisen EA, Burchard EG. PMID: 29899038; PMCID: PMC6225993.
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Comparison of motorcycle taxi driver's respiratory health using an air quality standard for carbon monoxide in ambient air: a pilot survey in Benin. Pan Afr Med J. 2018; 30:113. Lawin H, Fanou LA, Kpangon AA, Hinson AV, Balmes J, Wanjiku J, Ale BM, Fayomi B. PMID: 30364347; PMCID: PMC6195239.
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Influence of school environments on childhood obesity in California. Environ Res. 2018 10; 166:100-107. Ortega Hinojosa AM, MacLeod KE, Balmes J, Jerrett M. PMID: 29883903.
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Cooking behaviors are related to household particulate matter exposure in children with asthma in the urban East Bay Area of Northern California. PLoS One. 2018; 13(6):e0197199. Holm SM, Balmes J, Gillette D, Hartin K, Seto E, Lindeman D, Polanco D, Fong E. PMID: 29874253; PMCID: PMC5991365.
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Respiratory Responses to Ozone Exposure. MOSES (The Multicenter Ozone Study in Older Subjects). Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 05 15; 197(10):1319-1327. Arjomandi M, Balmes JR, Frampton MW, Bromberg P, Rich DQ, Stark P, Alexis NE, Costantini M, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, Dagincourt N, Hazucha MJ. PMID: 29232153.
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Lung cancer mortality and exposure to synthetic metalworking fluid and biocides: controlling for the healthy worker survivor effect. Occup Environ Med. 2018 10; 75(10):730-735. Garcia E, Picciotto S, Neophytou AM, Bradshaw PT, Balmes JR, Eisen EA. PMID: 29743185; PMCID: PMC11460203.
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Cookstove Trials and Tribulations: What Is Needed to Decrease the Burden of Household Air Pollution? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 05; 15(5):539-541. Mortimer K, Balmes JR. PMID: 29466681.
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Use of cleaner-burning biomass stoves and airway macrophage black carbon in Malawian women. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Sep 01; 635:405-411. Whitehouse AL, Miyashita L, Liu NM, Lesosky M, Flitz G, Ndamala C, Balmes JR, Gordon SB, Mortimer K, Grigg J. PMID: 29677666; PMCID: PMC6024563.
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Ambient Air Pollution and Asthma-Related Outcomes in Children of Color of the USA: a Scoping Review of Literature Published Between 2013 and 2017. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2018 04 16; 18(5):29. Nardone A, Neophytou AM, Balmes J, Thakur N. PMID: 29663154; PMCID: PMC6198325.
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Climate Change and Implications for Prevention. California's Efforts to Provide Leadership. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 04; 15(Suppl 2):S114-S117. Balmes JR. PMID: 29676643.
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Household Air Pollution and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. "A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma". Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 03 01; 197(5):547-549. Balmes JR, Eisen EA. PMID: 29373800.
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Residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and respiratory health in 7-year old children. Environ Res. 2018 07; 164:93-99. Gunier RB, Raanan R, Castorina R, Holland NT, Harley KG, Balmes JR, Fouquette L, Eskenazi B, Bradman A. PMID: 29482188; PMCID: PMC5911232.
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Optimizing community-level surveillance data for pediatric asthma management. Prev Med Rep. 2018 Jun; 10:55-61. Benka-Coker WO, Gale SL, Brandt SJ, Balmes JR, Magzamen S. PMID: 29868356; PMCID: PMC5984210.
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Air Pollution Exposure Is Associated With Lower Lung Function, but Not Changes in Lung Function, in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Chest. 2018 07; 154(1):119-125. Johannson KA, Vittinghoff E, Morisset J, Wolters PJ, Noth EM, Balmes JR, Collard HR. PMID: 29355549; PMCID: PMC6045778.
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Where There's Wildfire, There's Smoke. N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 08; 378(10):881-883. Balmes JR. PMID: 29384719.
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Exposure to NO2, CO, and PM2.5 is linked to regional DNA methylation differences in asthma. Clin Epigenetics. 2018; 10:2. Prunicki M, Stell L, Dinakarpandian D, de Planell-Saguer M, Lucas RW, Hammond SK, Balmes JR, Zhou X, Paglino T, Sabatti C, Miller RL, Nadeau KC. PMID: 29317916; PMCID: PMC5756438.
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ERS/ATS workshop report on respiratory health effects of household air pollution. Eur Respir J. 2018 01; 51(1). Sood A, Assad NA, Barnes PJ, Churg A, Gordon SB, Harrod KS, Irshad H, Kurmi OP, Martin WJ, Meek P, Mortimer K, Noonan CW, Perez-Padilla R, Smith KR, Tesfaigzi Y, Ward T, Balmes J. PMID: 29301918; PMCID: PMC7418845.
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EPA's New Ozone Air Quality Standard: Why Should We Care? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 11; 14(11):1627-1629. Balmes JR. PMID: 28977755.
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Environmental Effects of Intensive Livestock Farming. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 11 01; 196(9):1092-1093. Sigsgaard T, Balmes J. PMID: 28628377.
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In control of ambient and household air pollution - how low should we go? Lancet Respir Med. 2017 12; 5(12):918-920. Gordon S, Mortimer K, Grigg J, Balmes J. PMID: 29056571.
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Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 09 29; 125(9):097026. Blount RJ, Pascopella L, Catanzaro DG, Barry PM, English PB, Segal MR, Flood J, Meltzer D, Jones B, Balmes J, Nahid P. PMID: 28963088; PMCID: PMC5915191.
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Elemental Sulfur Use and Associations with Pediatric Lung Function and Respiratory Symptoms in an Agricultural Community (California, USA). Environ Health Perspect. 2017 08 10; 125(8):087007. Raanan R, Gunier RB, Balmes JR, Beltran AJ, Harley KG, Bradman A, Eskenazi B. PMID: 28886594; PMCID: PMC5783654.
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The impact of BMI on non-malignant respiratory symptoms and lung function in arsenic exposed adults of Northern Chile. Environ Res. 2017 10; 158:710-719. Nardone A, Ferreccio C, Acevedo J, Enanoria W, Blair A, Smith AH, Balmes J, Steinmaus C. PMID: 28738299; PMCID: PMC5603214.
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Effects of clinical and environmental factors on bronchoalveolar antibody responses to Pneumocystis jirovecii: A prospective cohort study of HIV+ patients. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7):e0180212. Blount RJ, Daly KR, Fong S, Chang E, Grieco K, Greene M, Stone S, Balmes J, Miller RF, Walzer PD, Huang L. PMID: 28692651; PMCID: PMC5503245.
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Home monitoring improves endpoint efficiency in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J. 2017 07; 50(1). Johannson KA, Vittinghoff E, Morisset J, Lee JS, Balmes JR, Collard HR. PMID: 28679608; PMCID: PMC6029860.
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The Effects of Bit Wear on Respirable Silica Dust, Noise and Productivity: A Hammer Drill Bench Study. Ann Work Expo Health. 2017 Jul 01; 61(6):700-710. Carty P, Cooper MR, Barr A, Neitzel RL, Balmes J, Rempel D. PMID: 28595322.
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We Need to "Think Different" about Particulate Matter. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 07 01; 196(1):6-7. Thurston G, Balmes J. PMID: 28665203.
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Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr Subjects (MOSES): Part 1. Effects of Exposure to Low Concentrations of Ozone on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Outcomes. Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2017 06; (192, Pt 1):1-107. Frampton MW, Balmes JR, Bromberg PA, Stark P, Arjomandi M, Hazucha MJ, Rich DQ, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, Dagincourt N, Alexis N, Ganz P, Zareba W, Costantini MG. PMID: 31898880; PMCID: PMC7266375.
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Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon of Wildland Firefighters at Prescribed and Wildland Fires. Environ Sci Technol. 2017 Jun 06; 51(11):6461-6469. Navarro KM, Cisneros R, Noth EM, Balmes JR, Hammond SK. PMID: 28498656.
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An American Thoracic Society/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report: Addressing Respiratory Health Equality in the United States. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 May; 14(5):814-826. Celedón JC, Burchard EG, Schraufnagel D, Castillo-Salgado C, Schenker M, Balmes J, Neptune E, Cummings KJ, Holguin F, Riekert KA, Wisnivesky JP, Garcia JGN, Roman J, Kittles R, Ortega VE, Redline S, Mathias R, Thomas A, Samet J, Ford JG, American Thoracic Society and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. PMID: 28459618; PMCID: PMC6207141.
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Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Telomere Length in Children and Adolescents Living in Fresno, CA: A Pilot Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 05; 59(5):446-452. Lee EY, Lin J, Noth EM, Hammond SK, Nadeau KC, Eisen EA, Balmes JR. PMID: 28486341; PMCID: PMC5424623.
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AJRCCM: 100-Year Anniversary. Clearing the Air: Indoors, Outdoors, and At Work. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 May 01; 195(9):1100-1103. Balmes JR. PMID: 28459315.
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Exhaled carbon monoxide: a non-invasive biomarker of short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution. BMC Public Health. 2017 04 17; 17(1):320. Lawin H, Ayi Fanou L, Hinson V, Wanjiku J, Ukwaja NK, Gordon SB, Fayomi B, Balmes JR, Houngbegnon P, Avokpaho E, Sanni A. PMID: 28415983; PMCID: PMC5392985.
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Environment, Global Climate Change, and Cardiopulmonary Health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 03 15; 195(6):718-724. Bayram H, Bauer AK, Abdalati W, Carlsten C, Pinkerton KE, Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Takaro TK. PMID: 27654004; PMCID: PMC5363965.
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Air pollution, neighborhood acculturation factors, and neural tube defects among Hispanic women in California. Birth Defects Res. 2017 Apr 03; 109(6):403-422. Padula AM, Yang W, Carmichael SL, Lurmann F, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Shaw GM. PMID: 28398703; PMCID: PMC5773251.
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A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework. Eur Respir J. 2017 01; 49(1). Thurston GD, Kipen H, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes J, Brook RD, Cromar K, De Matteis S, Forastiere F, Forsberg B, Frampton MW, Grigg J, Heederik D, Kelly FJ, Kuenzli N, Laumbach R, Peters A, Rajagopalan ST, Rich D, Ritz B, Samet JM, Sandstrom T, Sigsgaard T, Sunyer J, Brunekreef B. PMID: 28077473; PMCID: PMC5751718.
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A cleaner burning biomass-fuelled cookstove intervention to prevent pneumonia in children under 5 years old in rural Malawi (the Cooking and Pneumonia Study): a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2017 01 14; 389(10065):167-175. Mortimer K, Ndamala CB, Naunje AW, Malava J, Katundu C, Weston W, Havens D, Pope D, Bruce NG, Nyirenda M, Wang D, Crampin A, Grigg J, Balmes J, Gordon SB. PMID: 27939058; PMCID: PMC5783287.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: 50 Years of Advancing Science and Improving Lung Health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 11 15; 194(10):1190-1195. Antony VB, Redlich CA, Pinkerton KE, Balmes J, Harkema JR. PMID: 27668911.
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Outdoor Air Pollution and Your Health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 11 15; 194(10):P17-P18. Rice M, Balmes J, Malhotra A. PMID: 27845586.
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Air-Quality Impacts and Intake Fraction of PM2.5 during the 2013 Rim Megafire. Environ Sci Technol. 2016 11 01; 50(21):11965-11973. Navarro KM, Cisneros R, O'Neill SM, Schweizer D, Larkin NK, Balmes JR. PMID: 27652495.
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High risks of lung disease associated with early-life and moderate lifetime arsenic exposure in northern Chile. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2016 12 15; 313:10-15. Steinmaus C, Ferreccio C, Acevedo J, Balmes JR, Liaw J, Troncoso P, Dauphiné DC, Nardone A, Smith AH. PMID: 27725189; PMCID: PMC5247272.
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Survey of International Members of the American Thoracic Society on Climate Change and Health. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 10; 13(10):1808-1813. Sarfaty M, Kreslake J, Ewart G, Guidotti TL, Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Maibach EW. PMID: 27726439; PMCID: PMC6944384.
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The last Summer Olympics? Climate change, health, and work outdoors. Lancet. 2016 Aug 13; 388(10045):642-4. Smith KR, Woodward A, Lemke B, Otto M, Chang CJ, Mance AA, Balmes J, Kjellstrom T. PMID: 27533426.
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Differential respiratory health effects from the 2008 northern California wildfires: A spatiotemporal approach. Environ Res. 2016 10; 150:227-235. Reid CE, Jerrett M, Tager IB, Petersen ML, Mann JK, Balmes JR. PMID: 27318255.
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Early-life ozone exposure associated with asthma without sensitization in Latino children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 12; 138(6):1703-1706.e1. Nishimura KK, Iwanaga K, Oh SS, Pino-Yanes M, Eng C, Keswani A, Roth LA, Nguyen EA, Thyne SM, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Meade K, LeNoir MA, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Borrell LN, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lurmann F, Sen S, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Avila PC, Balmes JR, Kumar R, Burchard EG. PMID: 27423496; PMCID: PMC5148667.
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Air Pollution and Lung Function in Minority Youth with Asthma in the GALA II (Genes-Environments and Admixture in Latino Americans) and SAGE II (Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes, and Environments) Studies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 06 01; 193(11):1271-80. Neophytou AM, White MJ, Oh SS, Thakur N, Galanter JM, Nishimura KK, Pino-Yanes M, Torgerson DG, Gignoux CR, Eng C, Nguyen EA, Hu D, Mak AC, Kumar R, Seibold MA, Davis A, Farber HJ, Meade K, Avila PC, Serebrisky D, Lenoir MA, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Bibbins-Domingo K, Thyne SM, Williams LK, Sen S, Gilliland FD, Gauderman WJ, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Lurmann F, Balmes JR, Eisen EA, Burchard EG. PMID: 26734713; PMCID: PMC4910900.
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Long-Term Ozone Exposure Increases the Risk of Developing the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 May 15; 193(10):1143-50. Ware LB, Zhao Z, Koyama T, May AK, Matthay MA, Lurmann FW, Balmes JR, Calfee CS. PMID: 26681363; PMCID: PMC4872663.
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Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 09; 124(9):1334-43. Reid CE, Brauer M, Johnston FH, Jerrett M, Balmes JR, Elliott CT. PMID: 27082891; PMCID: PMC5010409.
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Lung function in woodsmoke-exposed Guatemalan children following a chimney stove intervention. Thorax. 2016 May; 71(5):421-8. Heinzerling AP, Guarnieri MJ, Mann JK, Diaz JV, Thompson LM, Diaz A, Bruce NG, Smith KR, Balmes JR. PMID: 26966237; PMCID: PMC10666195.
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Erratum: "Exposure to Household Air Pollution from Wood Combustion and Association with Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Nonsmoking Women: Results from the RESPIRE Trial, Guatemala". Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Mar; 124(3):A48. Pope D, Diaz E, Smith-Sivertsen T, Lie RT, Bakke P, Balmes JR, Smith KR, Bruce NG. PMID: 26930696; PMCID: PMC4786969.
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Decreased lung function in 7-year-old children with early-life organophosphate exposure. Thorax. 2016 Feb; 71(2):148-53. Raanan R, Balmes JR, Harley KG, Gunier RB, Magzamen S, Bradman A, Eskenazi B. PMID: 26634937.
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Exposure to Endotoxin in Household Dust. To Wheeze or Not to Wheeze. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Dec 01; 192(11):1265-6. Balmes JR. PMID: 26623680.
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Lung Function in Rural Guatemalan Women Before and After a Chimney Stove Intervention to Reduce Wood Smoke Exposure: Results From the Randomized Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects and Chronic Respiratory Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Respirable Particulate Matter Study. Chest. 2015 Nov; 148(5):1184-1192. Guarnieri M, Diaz E, Pope D, Eisen EA, Mann J, Smith KR, Smith-Sivertsen T, Bruce NG, Balmes JR. PMID: 26065915; PMCID: PMC4631036.
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Inflammatory and repair pathways induced in human bronchoalveolar lavage cells with ozone inhalation. PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0127283. Leroy P, Tham A, Wong H, Tenney R, Chen C, Stiner R, Balmes JR, Paquet AC, Arjomandi M. PMID: 26035830; PMCID: PMC4452717.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondary to household air pollution. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun; 36(3):408-21. Assad NA, Balmes J, Mehta S, Cheema U, Sood A. PMID: 26024348.
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Exposure to medium and high ambient levels of ozone causes adverse systemic inflammatory and cardiac autonomic effects. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2015 Jun 15; 308(12):H1499-509. Arjomandi M, Wong H, Donde A, Frelinger J, Dalton S, Ching W, Power K, Balmes JR. PMID: 25862833; PMCID: PMC4469877.
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Air pollution exposure: a novel environmental risk factor for interstitial lung disease? Chest. 2015 Apr; 147(4):1161-1167. Johannson KA, Balmes JR, Collard HR. PMID: 25846532; PMCID: PMC4388120.
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Investigation of hydrogen sulfide exposure and lung function, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a geothermal area of New Zealand. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0122062. Bates MN, Crane J, Balmes JR, Garrett N. PMID: 25822819; PMCID: PMC4378981.
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Spatiotemporal prediction of fine particulate matter during the 2008 northern California wildfires using machine learning. Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Mar 17; 49(6):3887-96. Reid CE, Jerrett M, Petersen ML, Pfister GG, Morefield PE, Tager IB, Raffuse SM, Balmes JR. PMID: 25648639.
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American Thoracic Society member survey on climate change and health. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Feb; 12(2):274-8. Sarfaty M, Bloodhart B, Ewart G, Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Guidotti TL, Maibach EW. PMID: 25535822; PMCID: PMC5466202.
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Cardiovascular risk and events and country income stratum. N Engl J Med. 2015 01 15; 372(3):289. Smith KR, Balmes JR, Guarnieri MJ. PMID: 25587958.
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Childhood exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is linked to epigenetic modifications and impaired systemic immunity in T cells. Clin Exp Allergy. 2015 Jan; 45(1):238-48. Hew KM, Walker AI, Kohli A, Garcia M, Syed A, McDonald-Hyman C, Noth EM, Mann JK, Pratt B, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Eisen EA, Nadeau KC. PMID: 25048800; PMCID: PMC4396982.
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Ozone inhalation leads to a dose-dependent increase of cytogenetic damage in human lymphocytes. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2015 May; 56(4):378-87. Holland N, Davé V, Venkat S, Wong H, Donde A, Balmes JR, Arjomandi M. PMID: 25451016; PMCID: PMC4406783.
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An official American Thoracic Society statement: diagnosis and management of beryllium sensitivity and chronic beryllium disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov 15; 190(10):e34-59. Balmes JR, Abraham JL, Dweik RA, Fireman E, Fontenot AP, Maier LA, Muller-Quernheim J, Ostiguy G, Pepper LD, Saltini C, Schuler CR, Takaro TK, Wambach PF, ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Beryllium Sensitivity and Chronic Beryllium Disease. PMID: 25398119.
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Exposure to household air pollution from wood combustion and association with respiratory symptoms and lung function in nonsmoking women: results from the RESPIRE trial, Guatemala. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Apr; 123(4):285-92. Pope D, Diaz E, Smith-Sivertsen T, Lie RT, Bakke P, Balmes JR, Smith KR, Bruce NG. PMID: 25398189; PMCID: PMC4384202.
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Early-life exposure to organophosphate pesticides and pediatric respiratory symptoms in the CHAMACOS cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Feb; 123(2):179-85. Raanan R, Harley KG, Balmes JR, Bradman A, Lipsett M, Eskenazi B. PMID: 25369257; PMCID: PMC4314248.
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Elevated lung cancer in younger adults and low concentrations of arsenic in water. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Dec 01; 180(11):1082-7. Steinmaus C, Ferreccio C, Yuan Y, Acevedo J, González F, Perez L, Cortés S, Balmes JR, Liaw J, Smith AH. PMID: 25371173; PMCID: PMC4239797.
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Genetic modification of the effect of maternal household air pollution exposure on birth weight in Guatemalan newborns. Reprod Toxicol. 2014 Dec; 50:19-26. Thompson LM, Yousefi P, Peñaloza R, Balmes J, Holland N. PMID: 25305053; PMCID: PMC4261074.
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Developing small-area predictions for smoking and obesity prevalence in the United States for use in Environmental Public Health Tracking. Environ Res. 2014 Oct; 134:435-52. Ortega Hinojosa AM, Davies MM, Jarjour S, Burnett RT, Mann JK, Hughes E, Balmes JR, Turner MC, Jerrett M. PMID: 25261951.
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Respiratory risks from household air pollution in low and middle income countries. Lancet Respir Med. 2014 Oct; 2(10):823-60. Gordon SB, Bruce NG, Grigg J, Hibberd PL, Kurmi OP, Lam KB, Mortimer K, Asante KP, Balakrishnan K, Balmes J, Bar-Zeev N, Bates MN, Breysse PN, Buist S, Chen Z, Havens D, Jack D, Jindal S, Kan H, Mehta S, Moschovis P, Naeher L, Patel A, Perez-Padilla R, Pope D, Rylance J, Semple S, Martin WJ. PMID: 25193349; PMCID: PMC5068561.
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Reply: the largest problem with climate change policy is not a future event. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jul 01; 190(1):117. Rice MB, Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Pinkerton KE. PMID: 24983223.
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Ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pulmonary function in children. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 May; 25(3):295-302. Padula AM, Balmes JR, Eisen EA, Mann J, Noth EM, Lurmann FW, Pratt B, Tager IB, Nadeau K, Hammond SK. PMID: 24938508; PMCID: PMC4270934.
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Perfluoroalkyl chemicals and asthma among children 12-19 years of age: NHANES (1999-2008). Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1129-33. Humblet O, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Balmes JR, Pinney SM, Hiatt RA. PMID: 24905661; PMCID: PMC4181915.
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Outdoor air pollution and asthma. Lancet. 2014 May 03; 383(9928):1581-92. Guarnieri M, Balmes JR. PMID: 24792855; PMCID: PMC4465283.
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Hypothetical interventions to limit metalworking fluid exposures and their effects on COPD mortality: G-estimation within a public health framework. Epidemiology. 2014 May; 25(3):436-43. Picciotto S, Chevrier J, Balmes J, Eisen EA. PMID: 24608667.
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Effects of woodsmoke exposure on airway inflammation in rural Guatemalan women. PLoS One. 2014; 9(3):e88455. Guarnieri MJ, Diaz JV, Basu C, Diaz A, Pope D, Smith KR, Smith-Sivertsen T, Bruce N, Solomon C, McCracken J, Balmes JR. PMID: 24625755; PMCID: PMC3953023.
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Climate change. A global threat to cardiopulmonary health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Mar 01; 189(5):512-9. Rice MB, Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Pinkerton KE. PMID: 24400619; PMCID: PMC3977715.
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An integrated risk function for estimating the global burden of disease attributable to ambient fine particulate matter exposure. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Apr; 122(4):397-403. Burnett RT, Pope CA, Ezzati M, Olives C, Lim SS, Mehta S, Shin HH, Singh G, Hubbell B, Brauer M, Anderson HR, Smith KR, Balmes JR, Bruce NG, Kan H, Laden F, Prüss-Ustün A, Turner MC, Gapstur SM, Diver WR, Cohen A. PMID: 24518036; PMCID: PMC3984213.
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Annual average ambient particulate matter exposure estimates, measured home particulate matter, and hair nicotine are associated with respiratory outcomes in adults with asthma. Environ Res. 2014 Feb; 129:1-10. Balmes JR, Cisternas M, Quinlan PJ, Trupin L, Lurmann FW, Katz PP, Blanc PD. PMID: 24528996; PMCID: PMC4169238.
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Millions dead: how do we know and what does it mean? Methods used in the comparative risk assessment of household air pollution. Annu Rev Public Health. 2014; 35:185-206. Smith KR, Bruce N, Balakrishnan K, Adair-Rohani H, Balmes J, Chafe Z, Dherani M, Hosgood HD, Mehta S, Pope D, Rehfuess E, HAP CRA Risk Expert Group. PMID: 24641558.
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Ambient air pollution associated with suppressed serologic responses to Pneumocystis jirovecii in a prospective cohort of HIV-infected patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e80795. Blount RJ, Djawe K, Daly KR, Jarlsberg LG, Fong S, Balmes J, Miller RF, Walzer PD, Huang L, International HIV-associated Opportunistic Pneumonias Study. PMID: 24236202; PMCID: PMC3827464.
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Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis associated with air pollution exposure. Eur Respir J. 2014 Apr; 43(4):1124-31. Johannson KA, Vittinghoff E, Lee K, Balmes JR, Ji W, Kaplan GG, Kim DS, Collard HR. PMID: 24176998; PMCID: PMC5555605.
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Social isolation: a predictor of mortality comparable to traditional clinical risk factors. Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov; 103(11):2056-62. Pantell M, Rehkopf D, Jutte D, Syme SL, Balmes J, Adler N. PMID: 24028260; PMCID: PMC3871270.
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Case-control study of arsenic in drinking water and lung cancer in California and Nevada. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Aug 02; 10(8):3310-24. Dauphiné DC, Smith AH, Yuan Y, Balmes JR, Bates MN, Steinmaus C. PMID: 23917816; PMCID: PMC3774440.
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Early-life air pollution and asthma risk in minority children. The GALA II and SAGE II studies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug 01; 188(3):309-18. Nishimura KK, Galanter JM, Roth LA, Oh SS, Thakur N, Nguyen EA, Thyne S, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Kumar R, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Davis A, LeNoir MA, Meade K, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Avila PC, Borrell LN, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Sen S, Lurmann F, Balmes JR, Burchard EG. PMID: 23750510; PMCID: PMC3778732.
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Chronic respiratory symptoms in children following in utero and early life exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh. Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Aug; 42(4):1077-86. Smith AH, Yunus M, Khan AF, Ercumen A, Yuan Y, Smith MH, Liaw J, Balmes J, von Ehrenstein O, Raqib R, Kalman D, Alam DS, Streatfield PK, Steinmaus C. PMID: 24062297; PMCID: PMC3781005.
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Climate change and respiratory health: current evidence and knowledge gaps. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2013 Aug; 7(4):349-61. Takaro TK, Knowlton K, Balmes JR. PMID: 23964626.
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Asbestos and lung cancer: what we know. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 01; 188(1):8-9. Balmes JR. PMID: 23815717.
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Thirdhand cigarette smoke in an experimental chamber: evidence of surface deposition of nicotine, nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and de novo formation of NNK. Tob Control. 2014 Mar; 23(2):152-9. Schick SF, Farraro KF, Perrino C, Sleiman M, van de Vossenberg G, Trinh MP, Hammond SK, Jenkins BM, Balmes J. PMID: 23716171.
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Associations of ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure with self-reported asthma and asthma symptoms. Environ Res. 2013 Apr; 122:81-7. Bates MN, Garrett N, Crane J, Balmes JR. PMID: 23453847; PMCID: PMC3594811.
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Household air pollution: a call for studies into biomarkers of exposure and predictors of respiratory disease. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 May 01; 304(9):L571-8. Rylance J, Gordon SB, Naeher LP, Patel A, Balmes JR, Adetona O, Rogalsky DK, Martin WJ. PMID: 23457186; PMCID: PMC3652022.
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Higher environmental relative moldiness index values measured in homes of adults with asthma, rhinitis, or both conditions. Environ Res. 2013 Apr; 122:98-101. Blanc PD, Quinlan PJ, Katz PP, Balmes JR, Trupin L, Cisternas MG, Wymer L, Vesper SJ. PMID: 23419817; PMCID: PMC3602382.
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Cyclist route choice, traffic-related air pollution, and lung function: a scripted exposure study. Environ Health. 2013 Feb 07; 12:14. Jarjour S, Jerrett M, Westerdahl D, de Nazelle A, Hanning C, Daly L, Lipsitt J, Balmes J. PMID: 23391029; PMCID: PMC3639931.
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Drinking water arsenic in northern chile: high cancer risks 40 years after exposure cessation. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Apr; 22(4):623-30. Steinmaus CM, Ferreccio C, Romo JA, Yuan Y, Cortes S, Marshall G, Moore LE, Balmes JR, Liaw J, Golden T, Smith AH. PMID: 23355602; PMCID: PMC3848421.
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Thirty minute-exposure to aged cigarette smoke increases nasal congestion in nonsmokers. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2013; 76(10):601-13. Schick SF, van den Vossenberg G, Luo A, Whitlatch A, Jacob P, Balmes J, Shusterman D. PMID: 23859154.
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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 Dec 15; 380(9859):2224-60. Lim SS, Vos T, Flaxman AD, Danaei G, Shibuya K, Adair-Rohani H, Amann M, Anderson HR, Andrews KG, Aryee M, Atkinson C, Bacchus LJ, Bahalim AN, Balakrishnan K, Balmes J, Barker-Collo S, Baxter A, Bell ML, Blore JD, Blyth F, Bonner C, Borges G, Bourne R, Boussinesq M, Brauer M, Brooks P, Bruce NG, Brunekreef B, Bryan-Hancock C, Bucello C, Buchbinder R, Bull F, Burnett RT, Byers TE, Calabria B, Carapetis J, Carnahan E, Chafe Z, Charlson F, Chen H, Chen JS, Cheng AT, Child JC, Cohen A, Colson KE, Cowie BC, Darby S, Darling S, Davis A, Degenhardt L, Dentener F, Des Jarlais DC, Devries K, Dherani M, Ding EL, Dorsey ER, Driscoll T, Edmond K, Ali SE, Engell RE, Erwin PJ, Fahimi S, Falder G, Farzadfar F, Ferrari A, Finucane MM, Flaxman S, Fowkes FG, Freedman G, Freeman MK, Gakidou E, Ghosh S, Giovannucci E, Gmel G, Graham K, Grainger R, Grant B, Gunnell D, Gutierrez HR, Hall W, Hoek HW, Hogan A, Hosgood HD, Hoy D, Hu H, Hubbell BJ, Hutchings SJ, Ibeanusi SE, Jacklyn GL, Jasrasaria R, Jonas JB, Kan H, Kanis JA, Kassebaum N, Kawakami N, Khang YH, Khatibzadeh S, Khoo JP, Kok C, Laden F, Lalloo R, Lan Q, Lathlean T, Leasher JL, Leigh J, Li Y, Lin JK, Lipshultz SE, London S, Lozano R, Lu Y, Mak J, Malekzadeh R, Mallinger L, Marcenes W, March L, Marks R, Martin R, McGale P, McGrath J, Mehta S, Mensah GA, Merriman TR, Micha R, Michaud C, Mishra V, Mohd Hanafiah K, Mokdad AA, Morawska L, Mozaffarian D, Murphy T, Naghavi M, Neal B, Nelson PK, Nolla JM, Norman R, Olives C, Omer SB, Orchard J, Osborne R, Ostro B, Page A, Pandey KD, Parry CD, Passmore E, Patra J, Pearce N, Pelizzari PM, Petzold M, Phillips MR, Pope D, Pope CA, Powles J, Rao M, Razavi H, Rehfuess EA, Rehm JT, Ritz B, Rivara FP, Roberts T, Robinson C, Rodriguez-Portales JA, Romieu I, Room R, Rosenfeld LC, Roy A, Rushton L, Salomon JA, Sampson U, Sanchez-Riera L, Sanman E, Sapkota A, Seedat S, Shi P, Shield K, Shivakoti R, Singh GM, Sleet DA, Smith E, Smith KR, Stapelberg NJ, Steenland K, Stöckl H, Stovner LJ, Straif K, Straney L, Thurston GD, Tran JH, Van Dingenen R, van Donkelaar A, Veerman JL, Vijayakumar L, Weintraub R, Weissman MM, White RA, Whiteford H, Wiersma ST, Wilkinson JD, Williams HC, Williams W, Wilson N, Woolf AD, Yip P, Zielinski JM, Lopez AD, Murray CJ, Ezzati M, AlMazroa MA, Memish ZA. PMID: 23245609; PMCID: PMC4156511.
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Mediators of the socioeconomic gradient in outcomes of adult asthma and rhinitis. Am J Public Health. 2013 Feb; 103(2):e31-8. Trupin L, Katz PP, Balmes JR, Chen H, Yelin EH, Omachi T, Blanc PD. PMID: 23237178; PMCID: PMC3558775.
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Particulate matter and the environmental protection agency: setting the right standard. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Dec; 47(6):727-8. Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Environmental Health Policy Committee of the American Thoracic Society. PMID: 23204434.
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Household air pollution is a major avoidable risk factor for cardiorespiratory disease. Chest. 2012 Nov; 142(5):1308-1315. Mortimer K, Gordon SB, Jindal SK, Accinelli RA, Balmes J, Martin WJ. PMID: 23131939; PMCID: PMC5991547.
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OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE AND EXPOSURE TO BURNING BIOMASS FUEL IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT. Glob Heart. 2012 Sep 01; 7(3):265-270. Diette GB, Accinelli RA, Balmes JR, Buist AS, Checkley W, Garbe P, Hansel NN, Kapil V, Gordon S, Lagat DK, Yip F, Mortimer K, Perez-Padilla R, Roth C, Schwaninger JM, Punturieri A, Kiley J. PMID: 23139916; PMCID: PMC3489498.
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Can we predict who will develop chronic sequelae of acute inhalational injury? Chest. 2012 Aug; 142(2):278-279. Balmes JR. PMID: 22871748.
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Utility of urinary Clara cell protein (CC16) to demonstrate increased lung epithelial permeability in non-smokers exposed to outdoor secondhand smoke. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2013 Mar; 23(2):183-9. St Helen G, Holland NT, Balmes JR, Hall DB, Bernert JT, Vena JE, Wang JS, Naeher LP. PMID: 22805990; PMCID: PMC3507333.
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The exposure-dependent effects of aged secondhand smoke on endothelial function. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 May 22; 59(21):1908-13. Frey PF, Ganz P, Hsue PY, Benowitz NL, Glantz SA, Balmes JR, Schick SF. PMID: 22595411.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and wheeze in a cohort of children with asthma in Fresno, CA. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 Jul; 22(4):386-92. Gale SL, Noth EM, Mann J, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Tager IB. PMID: 22549720; PMCID: PMC4219412.
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Exposure to secondhand smoke outside of a bar and a restaurant and tobacco exposure biomarkers in nonsmokers. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jul; 120(7):1010-6. St Helen G, Bernert JT, Hall DB, Sosnoff CS, Xia Y, Balmes JR, Vena JE, Wang JS, Holland NT, Naeher LP. PMID: 22484462; PMCID: PMC3404659.
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Effects of exercise on systemic inflammatory, coagulatory, and cardiac autonomic parameters in an inhalational exposure study. J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Apr; 54(4):466-70. Donde A, Wong H, Frelinger J, Power K, Balmes JR, Arjomandi M. PMID: 22418276; PMCID: PMC3323713.
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An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: Climate change and human health. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2012 Mar; 9(1):3-8. Pinkerton KE, Rom WN, Akpinar-Elci M, Balmes JR, Bayram H, Brandli O, Hollingsworth JW, Kinney PL, Margolis HG, Martin WJ, Sasser EN, Smith KR, Takaro TK, American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee. PMID: 22421581; PMCID: PMC5821002.
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Pilot evaluation of the nasal nitric oxide response to humming as an index of osteomeatal patency. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2012 Mar-Apr; 26(2):123-6. Shusterman DJ, Weaver EM, Goldberg AN, Schick SF, Wong HH, Balmes JR. PMID: 22487289.
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Evaluation of a heat vulnerability index on abnormally hot days: an environmental public health tracking study. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 May; 120(5):715-20. Reid CE, Mann JK, Alfasso R, English PB, King GC, Lincoln RA, Margolis HG, Rubado DJ, Sabato JE, West NL, Woods B, Navarro KM, Balmes JR. PMID: 22538066; PMCID: PMC3346770.
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The association between chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution and ischemic heart disease. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2012; 75(7):402-11. Beckerman BS, Jerrett M, Finkelstein M, Kanaroglou P, Brook JR, Arain MA, Sears MR, Stieb D, Balmes J, Chapman K. PMID: 22524595.
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Clearing the air. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan 01; 185(1):1-2. Balmes J, Pinkerton K. PMID: 22210780.
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Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2011 Nov 12; 378(9804):1717-26. Smith KR, McCracken JP, Weber MW, Hubbard A, Jenny A, Thompson LM, Balmes J, Diaz A, Arana B, Bruce N. PMID: 22078686.
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Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke. Neurotoxicology. 2012 Mar; 33(2):246-54. Dix-Cooper L, Eskenazi B, Romero C, Balmes J, Smith KR. PMID: 21963523.
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The role of physical inactivity in increasing disability among older adults with obstructive airway disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011 May-Jun; 31(3):193-7. Katz P, Chen H, Omachi TA, Gregorich SE, Julian L, Cisternas M, Balmes J, Blanc PD. PMID: 21124233; PMCID: PMC3134630.
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Evaluating quality of life in patients with asthma and rhinitis: English adaptation of the rhinasthma questionnaire. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 Feb; 106(2):110-118.e1. Chen H, Cisternas MG, Katz PP, Omachi TA, Trupin L, Yelin EH, Balmes JR, Blanc PD. PMID: 21277512; PMCID: PMC3056500.
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How does diesel exhaust impact asthma? Thorax. 2011 Jan; 66(1):4-6. Balmes JR. PMID: 21149527.
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Lung function in adults following in utero and childhood exposure to arsenic in drinking water: preliminary findings. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Aug; 84(6):591-600. Dauphiné DC, Ferreccio C, Guntur S, Yuan Y, Hammond SK, Balmes J, Smith AH, Steinmaus C. PMID: 20972800; PMCID: PMC3141825.
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Ambient air pollution impairs regulatory T-cell function in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Oct; 126(4):845-852.e10. Nadeau K, McDonald-Hyman C, Noth EM, Pratt B, Hammond SK, Balmes J, Tager I. PMID: 20920773.
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An official American Thoracic Society public policy statement: Novel risk factors and the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Sep 01; 182(5):693-718. Eisner MD, Anthonisen N, Coultas D, Kuenzli N, Perez-Padilla R, Postma D, Romieu I, Silverman EK, Balmes JR, Committee on Nonsmoking COPD, Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly. PMID: 20802169.
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Short-term effects of air pollution on wheeze in asthmatic children in Fresno, California. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct; 118(10):1497-502. Mann JK, Balmes JR, Bruckner TA, Mortimer KM, Margolis HG, Pratt B, Hammond SK, Lurmann FW, Tager IB. PMID: 20570778; PMCID: PMC2957935.
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Low prevalence of chronic beryllium disease among workers at a nuclear weapons research and development facility. J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jun; 52(6):647-52. Arjomandi M, Seward J, Gotway MB, Nishimura S, Fulton GP, Thundiyil J, King TE, Harber P, Balmes JR. PMID: 20523233; PMCID: PMC3313491.
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An integrated model of environmental factors in adult asthma lung function and disease severity: a cross-sectional study. Environ Health. 2010 May 20; 9:24. Trupin L, Balmes JR, Chen H, Eisner MD, Hammond SK, Katz PP, Lurmann F, Quinlan PJ, Thorne PS, Yelin EH, Blanc PD. PMID: 20487557; PMCID: PMC2887801.
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When smoke gets in your lungs. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2010 May; 7(2):98-101. Balmes JR. PMID: 20427578; PMCID: PMC3266023.
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A second chance. Setting a protective ozone standard. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Feb 15; 181(4):297-9. Dey R, Van Winkle L, Ewart G, Balmes J, Pinkerton K, ATS Environmental Health Policy Committee. PMID: 20130144.
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Biomass smoke exposures: health outcomes measures and study design. Inhal Toxicol. 2010 Feb; 22(2):108-12. Noonan CW, Balmes JR. PMID: 20044883.
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Outdoor air pollution and uncontrolled asthma in the San Joaquin Valley, California. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Feb; 64(2):142-7. Meng YY, Rull RP, Wilhelm M, Lombardi C, Balmes J, Ritz B. PMID: 20056967.
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An official American thoracic society statement: position statement on ATS activities for the promotion of respiratory and sleep/wake health and the care of the critically ill in the United States. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Nov 15; 180(10):1023-9. Brown LK, Angus DC, Marin MG, Balmes JR, Barker AF, Ewart G, Halbower AC, Lutz PO, Mularski RA, Nathanson IT, Sanders MH, Stewart GL, Upson DJ, American Thoracic Society Health Policy Committee. PMID: 19897774.
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Can traffic-related air pollution cause asthma? Thorax. 2009 Aug; 64(8):646-7. Balmes JR. PMID: 19638559.
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Longer term exposure to secondhand smoke and health outcomes in COPD: impact of urine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Aug; 11(8):945-53. Eisner MD, Jacob P, Benowitz NL, Balmes J, Blanc PD. PMID: 19587064; PMCID: PMC2711983.
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Further exploration of the links between occupational exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Jul; 51(7):804-10. Blanc PD, Eisner MD, Earnest G, Trupin L, Balmes JR, Yelin EH, Gregorich SE, Katz PP. PMID: 19528835; PMCID: PMC2741692.
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American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the respiratory health effects of asbestos. Results of a Delphi study. Chest. 2009 Jun; 135(6):1619-1627. Banks DE, Shi R, McLarty J, Cowl CT, Smith D, Tarlo SM, Daroowalla F, Balmes J, Baumann M. PMID: 19497896.
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Altered pulmonary function in children with asthma associated with highway traffic near residence. Int J Environ Health Res. 2009 Apr; 19(2):139-55. Margolis HG, Mann JK, Lurmann FW, Mortimer KM, Balmes JR, Hammond SK, Tager IB. PMID: 19370464.
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Progression from beryllium exposure to chronic beryllium disease: an analytic model. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jun; 117(6):970-4. Harber P, Bansal S, Balmes J. PMID: 19590692; PMCID: PMC2702415.
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Exposure to traffic: lung function and health status in adults with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Mar; 123(3):626-31. Balmes JR, Earnest G, Katz PP, Yelin EH, Eisner MD, Chen H, Trupin L, Lurmann F, Blanc PD. PMID: 19152968; PMCID: PMC2785911.
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Early-lifetime exposure to air pollution and allergic sensitization in children with asthma. J Asthma. 2008 Dec; 45(10):874-81. Mortimer K, Neugebauer R, Lurmann F, Alcorn S, Balmes J, Tager I. PMID: 19085576.
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Controlled exposure to combined particles and ozone decreases heart rate variability. J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Nov; 50(11):1253-60. Power KL, Balmes J, Solomon C. PMID: 19001951.
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Performance of self-reported occupational exposure compared to a job-exposure matrix approach in asthma and chronic rhinitis. Occup Environ Med. 2009 Mar; 66(3):154-60. Quinlan PJ, Earnest G, Eisner MD, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Balmes JR, Blanc PD. PMID: 18805880; PMCID: PMC2771750.
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Diagnosis and management of work-related asthma: American College Of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement. Chest. 2008 Sep; 134(3 Suppl):1S-41S. Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, Beach J, Beckett W, Bernstein D, Blanc PD, Brooks SM, Cowl CT, Daroowalla F, Harber P, Lemiere C, Liss GM, Pacheco KA, Redlich CA, Rowe B, Heitzer J. PMID: 18779187.
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Environmental public health tracking of childhood asthma using California health interview survey, traffic, and outdoor air pollution data. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Sep; 116(9):1254-60. Wilhelm M, Meng YY, Rull RP, English P, Balmes J, Ritz B. PMID: 18795172; PMCID: PMC2535631.
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Occupational exposures and the risk of COPD: dusty trades revisited. Thorax. 2009 Jan; 64(1):6-12. Blanc PD, Iribarren C, Trupin L, Earnest G, Katz PP, Balmes J, Sidney S, Eisner MD. PMID: 18678700; PMCID: PMC2775075.
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Air pollution and pulmonary function in asthmatic children: effects of prenatal and lifetime exposures. Epidemiology. 2008 Jul; 19(4):550-7; discussion 561-2. Mortimer K, Neugebauer R, Lurmann F, Alcorn S, Balmes J, Tager I. PMID: 18520616.
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Brief secondhand smoke exposure depresses endothelial progenitor cells activity and endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted nitric oxide production. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 May 06; 51(18):1760-71. Heiss C, Amabile N, Lee AC, Real WM, Schick SF, Lao D, Wong ML, Jahn S, Angeli FS, Minasi P, Springer ML, Hammond SK, Glantz SA, Grossman W, Balmes JR, Yeghiazarians Y. PMID: 18452782.
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Is there an association between lifetime cumulative exposure and acute pulmonary responses to ozone? J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Mar; 50(3):341-9. Arjomandi M, Tager IB, Bastaki M, Chen C, Holland N, Balmes JR. PMID: 18332784; PMCID: PMC3321313.
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Socioeconomic gradients in tiotropium use among adults with COPD. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2008; 3(3):483-90. Blanc PD, Eisner MD, Yelin EH, Earnest G, Balmes JR, Gregorich SE, Katz PP. PMID: 18990978; PMCID: PMC2629974.
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Effects of chronic and acute ozone exposure on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant capacity in healthy young adults. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Dec; 115(12):1732-7. Chen C, Arjomandi M, Balmes J, Tager I, Holland N. PMID: 18087591; PMCID: PMC2137098.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: does occupation matter? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Nov 15; 176(10):951-2. Torén K, Balmes J. PMID: 17984309.
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Effects of antioxidant enzyme polymorphisms on ozone-induced lung function changes. Eur Respir J. 2007 Oct; 30(4):677-83. Chen C, Arjomandi M, Tager IB, Holland N, Balmes JR. PMID: 17652311; PMCID: PMC3282174.
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Ozone, a malady for all ages. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Jul 15; 176(2):107-8. Pinkerton KE, Balmes JR, Fanucchi MV, Rom WN. PMID: 17617531.
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Nxwisen, ntzarrin or ntzo'lin? Mapping children's respiratory symptoms among indigenous populations in Guatemala. Soc Sci Med. 2007 Oct; 65(7):1337-50. Thompson L, Diaz J, Jenny A, Diaz A, Bruce N, Balmes J. PMID: 17582669; PMCID: PMC2040052.
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Secondhand smoke exposure, pulmonary function, and cardiovascular mortality. Ann Epidemiol. 2007 May; 17(5):364-73. Eisner MD, Wang Y, Haight TJ, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Tager IB. PMID: 17300955.
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Epidemiology and costs of COPD. Eur Respir J. 2006 Dec; 28(6):1290. Blanc PD, Balmes JR. PMID: 17138691.
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The World Trade Center collapse: a continuing tragedy for lung health? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Aug 01; 174(3):235-6. Balmes JR. PMID: 16864714.
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Integrating research, surveillance, and practice in environmental public health tracking. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Jul; 114(7):980-4. Kyle AD, Balmes JR, Buffler PA, Lee PR. PMID: 16835047; PMCID: PMC1513336.
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Case report: a case of wood-smoke-related pulmonary disease. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 May; 114(5):759-62. Diaz JV, Koff J, Gotway MB, Nishimura S, Balmes JR. PMID: 16675433; PMCID: PMC1459932.
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Genotype-activity relationship for Mn-superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase 1 and catalase in humans. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2006 Apr; 16(4):279-86. Bastaki M, Huen K, Manzanillo P, Chande N, Chen C, Balmes JR, Tager IB, Holland N. PMID: 16538174.
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Cytogenetic damage in buccal epithelia and peripheral lymphocytes of young healthy individuals exposed to ozone. Mutagenesis. 2006 Mar; 21(2):131-7. Chen C, Arjomandi M, Qin H, Balmes J, Tager I, Holland N. PMID: 16513656.
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Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos: health risk or ecologic fallacy? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar 01; 173(5):573; author reply 573-4. Brodkin CA, Balmes JR, Redlich CA, Cullen MR. PMID: 16493164.
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Work life of persons with asthma, rhinitis, and COPD: a study using a national, population-based sample. J Occup Med Toxicol. 2006 Feb 02; 1:2. Yelin E, Katz P, Balmes J, Trupin L, Earnest G, Eisner M, Blanc P. PMID: 16722563; PMCID: PMC1436006.
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Antioxidant intake, GSTM1 polymorphism and pulmonary function in healthy young adults. Eur Respir J. 2006 Feb; 27(2):282-8. Tujague J, Bastaki M, Holland N, Balmes JR, Tager IB. PMID: 16452581.
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Effects of multiday exposure to ozone on airway inflammation as determined using sputum induction. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Feb; 114(2):209-12. Ratto J, Wong H, Liu J, Fahy J, Boushey H, Solomon C, Balmes J. PMID: 16451856; PMCID: PMC1367833.
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Effects of nitrogen dioxide on allergic airway responses in subjects with asthma. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Dec; 47(12):1250-9. Witten A, Solomon C, Abbritti E, Arjomandi M, Zhai W, Kleinman M, Balmes J. PMID: 16340706.
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Chronic exposure to ambient ozone and lung function in young adults. Epidemiology. 2005 Nov; 16(6):751-9. Tager IB, Balmes J, Lurmann F, Ngo L, Alcorn S, Künzli N. PMID: 16222164.
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Bronchiectasis in persons with skin lesions resulting from arsenic in drinking water. Epidemiology. 2005 Nov; 16(6):760-5. Mazumder DN, Steinmaus C, Bhattacharya P, von Ehrenstein OS, Ghosh N, Gotway M, Sil A, Balmes JR, Haque R, Hira-Smith MM, Smith AH. PMID: 16222165.
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Evidence for excess colorectal cancer incidence among asbestos-exposed men in the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Nov 01; 162(9):868-78. Aliyu OA, Cullen MR, Barnett MJ, Balmes JR, Cartmel B, Redlich CA, Brodkin CA, Barnhart S, Rosenstock L, Israel L, Goodman GE, Thornquist MD, Omenn GS. PMID: 16177148.
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Decrements in lung function related to arsenic in drinking water in West Bengal, India. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Sep 15; 162(6):533-41. von Ehrenstein OS, Mazumder DN, Yuan Y, Samanta S, Balmes J, Sil A, Ghosh N, Hira-Smith M, Haque R, Purushothamam R, Lahiri S, Das S, Smith AH. PMID: 16093295.
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Exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes: assessment by a single survey item compared to a detailed exposure battery and a job exposure matrix. Am J Ind Med. 2005 Aug; 48(2):110-7. Blanc PD, Eisner MD, Balmes JR, Trupin L, Yelin EH, Katz PP. PMID: 16032739; PMCID: PMC2648972.
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Respiratory health effects related to occupational spray painting and welding. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Jul; 47(7):728-39. Hammond SK, Gold E, Baker R, Quinlan P, Smith W, Pandya R, Balmes J. PMID: 16010199.
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Sputum induction and bronchoscopy for assessment of ozone-induced airway inflammation in asthma. Chest. 2005 Jul; 128(1):416-23. Arjomandi M, Schmidlin I, Girling P, Boylen K, Ferrando R, Balmes J. PMID: 16002965.
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Repeated exposure to ozone increases alveolar macrophage recruitment into asthmatic airways. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Aug 15; 172(4):427-32. Arjomandi M, Witten A, Abbritti E, Reintjes K, Schmidlin I, Zhai W, Solomon C, Balmes J. PMID: 15937293; PMCID: PMC2718526.
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Lifetime environmental tobacco smoke exposure and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Environ Health. 2005 May 12; 4(1):7. Eisner MD, Balmes J, Katz PP, Trupin L, Yelin EH, Blanc PD. PMID: 15890079; PMCID: PMC1145187.
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Can lessons from public health disease surveillance be applied to environmental public health tracking? Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Mar; 113(3):243-9. Ritz B, Tager I, Balmes J. PMID: 15743709; PMCID: PMC1253746.
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Occupational contribution to the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Feb; 47(2):154-60. Balmes JR. PMID: 15706175.
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Predictors of lung cancer among asbestos-exposed men in the {beta}-carotene and retinol efficacy trial. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Feb 01; 161(3):260-70. Cullen MR, Barnett MJ, Balmes JR, Cartmel B, Redlich CA, Brodkin CA, Barnhart S, Rosenstock L, Goodman GE, Hammar SP, Thornquist MD, Omenn GS. PMID: 15671258.
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Chlorine inhalation produces nasal airflow limitation in allergic rhinitic subjects without evidence of neuropeptide release. Neuropeptides. 2004 Dec; 38(6):351-8. Shusterman D, Balmes J, Murphy MA, Tai CF, Baraniuk J. PMID: 15567471.
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The Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial: incidence of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality during 6-year follow-up after stopping beta-carotene and retinol supplements. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004 Dec 01; 96(23):1743-50. Goodman GE, Thornquist MD, Balmes J, Cullen MR, Meyskens FL, Omenn GS, Valanis B, Williams JH. PMID: 15572756.
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The association between occupational factors and adverse health outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Occup Environ Med. 2004 Aug; 61(8):661-7. Blanc PD, Eisner MD, Trupin L, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Balmes JR. PMID: 15258271; PMCID: PMC1740824.
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Effect of ozone exposure on airway responses to inhaled allergen in asthmatic subjects. Chest. 2004 Jun; 125(6):2328-35. Chen LL, Tager IB, Peden DB, Christian DL, Ferrando RE, Welch BS, Balmes JR. PMID: 15189958.
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Influence of age, gender, and allergy status on nasal reactivity to inhaled chlorine. Inhal Toxicol. 2003 Oct; 15(12):1179-89. Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Balmes J. PMID: 14515221.
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Differences in nasal irritant sensitivity by age, gender, and allergic rhinitis status. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2003 Oct; 76(8):577-83. Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Balmes J. PMID: 12920525.
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Evaluating the use of a portable spirometer in a study of pediatric asthma. Chest. 2003 Jun; 123(6):1899-907. Mortimer KM, Fallot A, Balmes JR, Tager IB. PMID: 12796166.
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Chlorine inhalation produces nasal congestion in allergic rhinitics without mast cell degranulation. Eur Respir J. 2003 Apr; 21(4):652-7. Shusterman D, Balmes J, Avila PC, Murphy MA, Matovinovic E. PMID: 12762352.
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American Thoracic Society Statement: Occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Mar 01; 167(5):787-97. Balmes J, Becklake M, Blanc P, Henneberger P, Kreiss K, Mapp C, Milton D, Schwartz D, Toren K, Viegi G, Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly, American Thoracic Society. PMID: 12598220.
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Occupational airways diseases from chronic low-level exposures to irritants. Clin Chest Med. 2002 Dec; 23(4):727-35, vi. Balmes JR. PMID: 12512162.
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Cholinergic blockade does not alter the nasal congestive response to irritant provocation. Rhinology. 2002 Sep; 40(3):141-6. Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Walsh P, Balmes JR. PMID: 12357714.
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Aircraft cabin air recirculation and symptoms of the common cold. JAMA. 2002 Jul 24-31; 288(4):483-6. Zitter JN, Mazonson PD, Miller DP, Hulley SB, Balmes JR. PMID: 12132979.
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Chlorine exposure and the upper respiratory tract. Eur Respir J. 2002 Feb; 19(2):381-2. Shusterman D, Solomon C, Balmes J, Blanc P. PMID: 11866020.
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Diesel exhaust and asthma: hypotheses and molecular mechanisms of action. Environ Health Perspect. 2002 Feb; 110 Suppl 1:103-12. Pandya RJ, Solomon G, Kinner A, Balmes JR. PMID: 11834468; PMCID: PMC1241152.
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Physician reports of work-related asthma in California, 1993-1996. Am J Ind Med. 2001 Jan; 39(1):72-83. Reinisch F, Harrison RJ, Cussler S, Athanasoulis M, Balmes J, Blanc P, Cone J. PMID: 11148017.
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The influence of sex, allergic rhinitis, and test system on nasal sensitivity to airborne irritants: a pilot study. Environ Health Perspect. 2001 Jan; 109(1):15-9. Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Balmes J. PMID: 11171519; PMCID: PMC1242045.
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Occupational respiratory diseases. Prim Care. 2000 Dec; 27(4):1009-38. Balmes JR. PMID: 11072297.
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Government laboratory worker with lung cancer: comparing risks from beryllium, asbestos, and tobacco smoke. Environ Health Perspect. 2000 Oct; 108(10):1003-6. Steinmaus C, Balmes JR. PMID: 11049824; PMCID: PMC1240137.
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Occupational asthma: a review. Environ Health Perspect. 2000 Aug; 108 Suppl 4:697-704. Lombardo LJ, Balmes JR. PMID: 10931788; PMCID: PMC1637677.
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Effects of azithromycin on ozone-induced airway neutrophilia and cytokine release. Eur Respir J. 2000 May; 15(5):856-62. Criqui GI, Solomon C, Welch BS, Ferrando RE, Boushey HA, Balmes JR. PMID: 10853849.
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Effect of serial-day exposure to nitrogen dioxide on airway and blood leukocytes and lymphocyte subsets. Eur Respir J. 2000 May; 15(5):922-8. Solomon C, Christian DL, Chen LL, Welch BS, Kleinman MT, Dunham E, Erle DJ, Balmes JR. PMID: 10853860.
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Variability in the classification of radiographs using the 1980 International Labor Organization Classification for Pneumoconioses. Chest. 1998 Dec; 114(6):1740-8. Welch LS, Hunting KL, Balmes J, Bresnitz EA, Guidotti TL, Lockey JE, Myo-Lwin T. PMID: 9872210.
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The validity of radiographic estimation of total lung capacity in patients with respiratory disease. Chest. 1998 Aug; 114(2):513-20. Pappas GP, Brodkin CA, Sheppard L, Balmes J, Horike M, Barnhart S. PMID: 9726739.
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Ozone-induced inflammation is attenuated with multiday exposure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1998 Aug; 158(2):532-7. Christian DL, Chen LL, Scannell CH, Ferrando RE, Welch BS, Balmes JR. PMID: 9700132.
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Occupation, asthma, and chronic respiratory symptoms in a community sample of older women. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1998 Jun; 157(6 Pt 1):1864-70. Forastiere F, Balmes J, Scarinci M, Tager IB. PMID: 9620919.
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Subjects with seasonal allergic rhinitis and nonrhinitic subjects react differentially to nasal provocation with chlorine gas. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1998 Jun; 101(6 Pt 1):732-40. Shusterman DJ, Murphy MA, Balmes JR. PMID: 9648699.
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Methods development for epidemiologic investigations of the health effects of prolonged ozone exposure. Part II. An approach to retrospective estimation of lifetime ozone exposure using a questionnaire and ambient monitoring data (California sites). Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 1998 Mar; (81):27-78; discussion 109-21. Tager IB, Künzli N, Lurmann F, Ngo L, Segal M, Balmes J. PMID: 9643947.
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Methods development for epidemiologic investigations of the health effects of prolonged ozone exposure. Part I: Variability of pulmonary function measures. Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 1998 Mar; (81):1-25; discussion 109-21. Tager IB, Künzli N, Ngo L, Balmes J. PMID: 9563087.
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The CARET asbestos-exposed cohort: baseline characteristics and comparison to other asbestos-exposed cohorts. Am J Ind Med. 1997 Dec; 32(6):573-81. Barnhart S, Keogh J, Cullen MR, Brodkin C, Liu D, Goodman G, Valanis B, Glass A, Thornquist M, Rosenstock L, Omenn G, Balmes J. PMID: 9358912.
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Lobe of origin and histologic type of lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure in the Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET). Am J Ind Med. 1997 Dec; 32(6):582-91. Brodkin CA, McCullough J, Stover B, Balmes J, Hammar S, Omenn GS, Checkoway H, Barnhart S. PMID: 9358913.
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Reproducibility of retrospective assessment of outdoor time-activity patterns as an individual determinant of long-term ambient ozone exposure. Int J Epidemiol. 1997 Dec; 26(6):1258-71. Künzli N, Kelly T, Balmes J, Tager IB. PMID: 9447406.
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A comparison of two methods for determining nasal irritant sensitivity. Am J Rhinol. 1997 Sep-Oct; 11(5):371-8. Shusterman DJ, Balmes JR. PMID: 9768319.
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Tuberculosis in health care settings and the estimated benefits of engineering controls and respiratory protection. J Occup Environ Med. 1997 Sep; 39(9):849-54. Barnhart S, Sheppard L, Beaudet N, Stover B, Balmes J. PMID: 9322168.
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Measurement of nasal irritant sensitivity to pulsed carbon dioxide: a pilot study. Arch Environ Health. 1997 Sep-Oct; 52(5):334-40. Shusterman D, Balmes J. PMID: 9546755.
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Effects of ozone on normal and potentially sensitive human subjects. Part I: Airway inflammation and responsiveness to ozone in normal and asthmatic subjects. Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 1997 Jun; (78):1-37; discussion 81-99. Balmes JR, Aris RM, Chen LL, Scannell C, Tager IB, Finkbeiner W, Christian D, Kelly T, Hearne PQ, Ferrando R, Welch B. PMID: 9387195.
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Effects of ozone on normal and potentially sensitive human subjects. Part III: Mediators of inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from nonsmokers, smokers, and asthmatic subjects exposed to ozone: a collaborative study. Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 1997 Jun; (78):73-9; discussion 81-99. Frampton MW, Balmes JR, Cox C, Krein PM, Speers DM, Tsai Y, Utell MJ. PMID: 9387197.
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The protective effect of beta-carotene and retinol on ventilatory function in an asbestos-exposed cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1997 Mar; 155(3):1066-71. Chuwers P, Barnhart S, Blanc P, Brodkin CA, Cullen M, Kelly T, Keogh J, Omenn G, Williams J, Balmes JR. PMID: 9116988.
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Association between lifetime ambient ozone exposure and pulmonary function in college freshmen--results of a pilot study. Environ Res. 1997 Jan; 72(1):8-23. Künzli N, Lurmann F, Segal M, Ngo L, Balmes J, Tager IB. PMID: 9012368.
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Risk factors for lung cancer and for intervention effects in CARET, the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1996 Nov 06; 88(21):1550-9. Omenn GS, Goodman GE, Thornquist MD, Balmes J, Cullen MR, Glass A, Keogh JP, Meyskens FL, Valanis B, Williams JH, Barnhart S, Cherniack MG, Brodkin CA, Hammar S. PMID: 8901853.
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Differential regulation of airway epithelial integrins by growth factors. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1996 Nov; 15(5):664-72. Wang A, Yokosaki Y, Ferrando R, Balmes J, Sheppard D. PMID: 8918373.
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Reliability of lifetime residential history and activity measures as elements of cumulative ambient ozone exposure assessment. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 1996 Jul-Sep; 6(3):289-310. Künzli N, Lurman F, Segal M, Ngo L, Balmes J, Tager IB. PMID: 8889950.
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Greater ozone-induced inflammatory responses in subjects with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Jul; 154(1):24-9. Scannell C, Chen L, Aris RM, Tager I, Christian D, Ferrando R, Welch B, Kelly T, Balmes JR. PMID: 8680687.
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Effects of a combination of beta carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med. 1996 May 02; 334(18):1150-5. Omenn GS, Goodman GE, Thornquist MD, Balmes J, Cullen MR, Glass A, Keogh JP, Meyskens FL, Valanis B, Williams JH, Barnhart S, Hammar S. PMID: 8602180.
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Ozone-induced decrements in FEV1 and FVC do not correlate with measures of inflammation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Mar; 153(3):904-9. Balmes JR, Chen LL, Scannell C, Tager I, Christian D, Hearne PQ, Kelly T, Aris RM. PMID: 8630571.
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Longitudinal pattern of reported respiratory symptoms and accelerated ventilatory loss in asbestos-exposed workers. Chest. 1996 Jan; 109(1):120-6. Brodkin CA, Barnhart S, Checkoway H, Balmes J, Omenn GS, Rosenstock L. PMID: 8549172.
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Predictors of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide exposure in smoke inhalation patients. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1996; 34(1):61-71. Shusterman D, Alexeeff G, Hargis C, Kaplan J, Sato R, Gelb A, Becker C, Benowitz N, Gillen M, Thollaug S, Balmes J. PMID: 8632515.
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Chemoprevention of lung cancer: the beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET) in high-risk smokers and asbestos-exposed workers. IARC Sci Publ. 1996; (136):67-85. Omenn GS, Goodman G, Thornquist M, Barnhart S, Balmes J, Cherniack M, Cullen M, Glass A, Keogh J, Liu D, Meyskens F, Perloff M, Valanis B, Williams J. PMID: 8791118.
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Contribution of secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor to the antiprotease defense system of the peripheral lung: effect of ozone-induced acute inflammation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Nov; 152(5 Pt 1):1592-8. Nadziejko C, Finkelstein I, Balmes JR. PMID: 7582300.
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Pulmonary effects of firefighting. Occup Med. 1995 Oct-Dec; 10(4):789-801. Scannell CH, Balmes JR. PMID: 8903749.
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Asthma and air pollution. West J Med. 1995 Oct; 163(4):372-3. Balmes JR. PMID: 7483601; PMCID: PMC1303140.
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Irritant-induced asthma. J Occup Environ Med. 1995 Jun; 37(6):662. Shusterman D, Balmes J, Cone J. PMID: 7670910.
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Distribution of integrins alpha v beta 6 and alpha 9 beta 1 and their known ligands, fibronectin and tenascin, in human airways. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1995 May; 12(5):547-56. Weinacker A, Ferrando R, Elliott M, Hogg J, Balmes J, Sheppard D. PMID: 7537970.
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Methacholine responsiveness is not associated with O3-induced decreases in FEV1. Chest. 1995 Mar; 107(3):621-8. Aris RM, Tager I, Christian D, Kelly T, Balmes JR. PMID: 7874927.
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Ethics, occupational medicine, and ACOEM. J Occup Environ Med. 1995 Feb; 37(2):127-8, 133. Frumkin H, Gerr F, Hessl SM, Cullen M, Schwartz B, Mitchell CS, Weaver VM, Pransky G, Frank AL, Balmes J, et al. PMID: 7655953.
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Respiratory effects of occupational exposure to aerosolized pentamidine. J Occup Environ Med. 1995 Feb; 37(2):145-50. Balmes JR, Estacio PL, Quinlan P, Kelly T, Corkery K, Blanc P. PMID: 7655955.
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Persistent respiratory health effects after a metam sodium pesticide spill. Chest. 1994 Aug; 106(2):500-8. Cone JE, Wugofski L, Balmes JR, Das R, Bowler R, Alexeeff G, Shusterman D. PMID: 7774327.
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Occupational factors in work-related inhalations: inferences for prevention strategy. Am J Ind Med. 1994 Jun; 25(6):783-91. Blanc PD, Galbo M, Balmes JR, Olson KR. PMID: 8067356.
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The beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial (CARET) for chemoprevention of lung cancer in high risk populations: smokers and asbestos-exposed workers. Cancer Res. 1994 Apr 01; 54(7 Suppl):2038s-2043s. Omenn GS, Goodman G, Thornquist M, Grizzle J, Rosenstock L, Barnhart S, Balmes J, Cherniack MG, Cullen MR, Glass A, et al. PMID: 8137335.
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The role of ozone exposure in the epidemiology of asthma. Environ Health Perspect. 1993 Dec; 101 Suppl 4:219-24. Balmes JR. PMID: 8206036; PMCID: PMC1519718.
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Ozone-induced airway inflammation in human subjects as determined by airway lavage and biopsy. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993 Nov; 148(5):1363-72. Aris RM, Christian D, Hearne PQ, Kerr K, Finkbeiner WE, Balmes JR. PMID: 8239177.
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Effects of nitric acid gas alone or in combination with ozone on healthy volunteers. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1993 Oct; 148(4 Pt 1):965-73. Aris R, Christian D, Tager I, Ngo L, Finkbeiner WE, Balmes JR. PMID: 8214952.
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Statistical design and monitoring of the Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET). Control Clin Trials. 1993 Aug; 14(4):308-24. Thornquist MD, Omenn GS, Goodman GE, Grizzle JE, Rosenstock L, Barnhart S, Anderson GL, Hammar S, Balmes J, Cherniack M, et al. PMID: 8365195.
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Symptoms, lung function, and airway responsiveness following irritant inhalation. Chest. 1993 Jun; 103(6):1699-705. Blanc PD, Galbo M, Hiatt P, Olson KR, Balmes JR. PMID: 8404087.
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Occupational asthma in a pesticides manufacturing worker. Chest. 1993 Jan; 103(1):295-6. Royce S, Wald P, Sheppard D, Balmes J. PMID: 8417906.
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The effect of smoke inhalation on lung function and airway responsiveness in wildland fire fighters. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Dec; 146(6):1469-73. Liu D, Tager IB, Balmes JR, Harrison RJ. PMID: 1456562.
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To B-read or not to B-read. J Occup Med. 1992 Sep; 34(9):885-6. Balmes JR. PMID: 1447593.
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Occupational asthma. West J Med. 1992 Aug; 157(2):169. Balmes JR. PMID: 1441468; PMCID: PMC1011238.
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Recruitment for the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial (CARET) to prevent lung cancer in smokers and asbestos-exposed workers. West J Med. 1992 May; 156(5):540-4. Omenn GS, Goodman G, Grizzle J, Thornquist M, Rosenstock L, Barnhart S, Anderson G, Balmes J, Cone J, Cherniack M, et al. PMID: 1595284; PMCID: PMC1003322.
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Physicians and occupational medicine. N Engl J Med. 1992 Mar 05; 326(10):713-4. Markowitz S, Frank AL, Hessl SM, Christiani D, Robins T, Balmes J. PMID: 1736123.
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Hospital records as a data source for occupational disease surveillance: a feasibility study. Am J Ind Med. 1992; 21(3):341-51. Balmes J, Rempel D, Alexander M, Reiter R, Harrison R, Bernard B, Benner D, Cone J. PMID: 1585945.
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Atopy and airways reactivity in animal health technicians. A pilot study. J Occup Med. 1992 Jan; 34(1):53-60. Das R, Tager IB, Gamsky T, Schenker MB, Royce S, Balmes JR. PMID: 1552384.
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Asbestos-related disease in custodial and building maintenance workers from a large municipal school district. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991 Dec 31; 643:540-9. Balmes JR, Daponte A, Cone JE. PMID: 1809168.
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Respiratory effects of exposure of shipyard workers to epoxy paints. Br J Ind Med. 1991 Nov; 48(11):783-7. Rempel D, Jones J, Atterbury M, Balmes J. PMID: 1954156; PMCID: PMC1035454.
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The environmental impact of chlorofluorocarbon use in metered dose inhalers. Chest. 1991 Oct; 100(4):1101-2. Balmes JR. PMID: 1914565.
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Airway oedema and obstruction in guinea pigs exposed to inhaled endotoxin. Br J Ind Med. 1991 Sep; 48(9):629-35. Gordon T, Balmes J, Fine J, Sheppard D. PMID: 1911406; PMCID: PMC1035436.
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Propellant gases in metered dose inhalers: their impact on the global environment. Respir Care. 1991 Sep; 36(9):1037-44. Balmes JR. PMID: 10145537.
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Fatal injuries at work in California. J Occup Med. 1991 Jul; 33(7):813-7. Cone JE, Daponte A, Makofsky D, Reiter R, Becker C, Harrison RJ, Balmes J. PMID: 1832444.
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Lack of bronchoconstrictor response to sulfuric acid aerosols and fogs. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991 Apr; 143(4 Pt 1):744-50. Aris R, Christian D, Sheppard D, Balmes JR. PMID: 2008986.
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Computed tomography of asbestos-related pulmonary parenchymal and pleural diseases. Clin Chest Med. 1991 Mar; 12(1):115-31. Aberle DR, Balmes JR. PMID: 2009740.
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CARET, the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial to prevent lung cancer in asbestos-exposed workers and in smokers. Anticancer Drugs. 1991 Feb; 2(1):79-86. Omenn GS, Goodman G, Grizzle J, Thornquist M, Rosenstock L, Barnhart S, Anderson G, Balmes J, Cherniack M, Cone J, et al. PMID: 1958856.
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Surveillance for occupational asthma. Occup Med. 1991 Jan-Mar; 6(1):101-10. Balmes JR. PMID: 2008631.
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The effects of sequential exposure to acidic fog and ozone on pulmonary function in exercising subjects. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991 Jan; 143(1):85-91. Aris R, Christian D, Sheppard D, Balmes JR. PMID: 1846067.
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Evaluation of a proposed NIOSH surveillance. Case definition for occupational asthma. Chest. 1990 Nov; 98(5 Suppl):212S-215S. Klees JE, Alexander M, Rempel D, Beckett W, Rubin R, Barnhart S, Balmes JR. PMID: 2226013.
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Medical surveillance for pulmonary endpoints. Occup Med. 1990 Jul-Sep; 5(3):499-513. Balmes JR. PMID: 2218799.
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Acid fog-induced bronchoconstriction. The role of hydroxymethanesulfonic acid. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990 Mar; 141(3):546-51. Aris R, Christian D, Sheppard D, Balmes JR. PMID: 2155554.
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Silica exposure and tuberculosis: an old problem with some new twists. J Occup Med. 1990 Feb; 32(2):114-5. Balmes J. PMID: 2303919.
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Isocyanates, polyurethane paints, and asthma. West J Med. 1990 Feb; 152(2):172-3. Balmes J, London SJ, Peters JM. PMID: 18750700; PMCID: PMC1002295.
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Potential bronchoconstrictor stimuli in acid fog. Environ Health Perspect. 1989 Feb; 79:163-6. Balmes JR, Fine JM, Gordon T, Sheppard D. PMID: 2539989; PMCID: PMC1567583.
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Prospective study of respiratory effects of formaldehyde among healthy and asthmatic medical students. Am J Ind Med. 1989; 15(1):91-101. Uba G, Pachorek D, Bernstein J, Garabrant DH, Balmes JR, Wright WE, Amar RB. PMID: 2929612.
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Airway inflammation and occupational asthma. Clin Chest Med. 1988 Dec; 9(4):577-90. Fine JM, Balmes JR. PMID: 3069290.
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Hypokalemia induced by inhaled bronchodilators. Chest. 1988 Oct; 94(4):763-6. Gelmont DM, Balmes JR, Yee A. PMID: 3168573.
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Soybean flour asthma: detection of allergens by immunoblotting. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1988 Aug; 82(2):251-5. Bush RK, Schroeckenstein D, Meier-Davis S, Balmes J, Rempel D. PMID: 3042839.
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Acidity potentiates bronchoconstriction induced by hypoosmolar aerosols. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1988 Jul; 138(1):35-9. Balmes JR, Fine JM, Christian D, Gordon T, Sheppard D. PMID: 2849338.
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Behavioral sensitization to irritants/odorants after acute overexposures. J Occup Med. 1988 Jul; 30(7):565-7. Shusterman D, Balmes J, Cone J. PMID: 3397783.
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Pregnancy in a woman with severe pulmonary fibrosis secondary to hard metal disease. Chest. 1988 Mar; 93(3):663-5. Ratto D, Balmes J, Boylen T, Sharma OP. PMID: 3342680.
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Symptomatic bronchoconstriction after short-term inhalation of sulfur dioxide. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987 Nov; 136(5):1117-21. Balmes JR, Fine JM, Sheppard D. PMID: 3674573.
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Respiratory effects of hard-metal dust exposure. Occup Med. 1987 Apr-Jun; 2(2):327-44. Balmes JR. PMID: 3303384.
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Chronic beryllium disease in a precious metal refinery. Clinical epidemiologic and immunologic evidence for continuing risk from exposure to low level beryllium fume. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987 Jan; 135(1):201-8. Cullen MR, Kominsky JR, Rossman MD, Cherniack MG, Rankin JA, Balmes JR, Kern JA, Daniele RP, Palmer L, Naegel GP, et al. PMID: 3492158.
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Respiratory effects of cotton dust exposure in the cotton garnetting industry. Am J Ind Med. 1987; 11(5):505-15. Kawamoto MM, Garabrant DH, Held J, Balmes JR, Patzman J, Dimick DV, Simonowitz JA, Bernstein L. PMID: 3591802.
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Exercise testing in occupational lung diseases. Clin Chest Med. 1984 Mar; 5(1):157-71. Wiedemann HP, Gee JB, Balmes JR, Loke J. PMID: 6723238.
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Thoracic CT scanning in asbestos workers with lung cancer. Conn Med. 1982 Sep; 46(9):515-7. Balmes JR, Cullen MR, Henriksen E. PMID: 7140288.
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Lung cancer: a persistent challenge. Geriatrics. 1982 Feb; 37(2):109-12, 117, 123-4 passim. Matthay RA, Balmes JR. PMID: 6276264.
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What infections occur in patients with occupational lung disease? Clin Chest Med. 1981 Jan; 2(1):111-20. Balmes J, Cullen MR, Gee JB. PMID: 7030593.
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Lipoid pneumonia caused by oil mist exposure from a steel rolling tandem mill. Am J Ind Med. 1981; 2(1):51-8. Cullen MR, Balmes JR, Robins JM, Smith GJ. PMID: 7349034.
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