Ben G Armstrong
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Recent Articles
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Mondal D, Weldon R, Armstrong B, Gibson L, Lopez-Espinosa M, Shin H, et al.
Environ Health Perspect
. 2013 Nov;
122(2):187-92.
PMID: 24280536
Background: The presence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in breast milk has been documented, but their lactational transfer has been rarely studied. Determination of the elimination rates of these chemicals during...
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Ridenhour B, Campitelli M, Kwong J, Rosella L, Armstrong B, Mangtani P, et al.
PLoS One
. 2013 Oct;
8(10):e76318.
PMID: 24146855
Background: Estimates of the effectiveness of influenza vaccines in older adults may be biased because of difficulties identifying and adjusting for confounders of the vaccine-outcome association. We estimated vaccine effectiveness...
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Atkinson R, Yu D, Armstrong B, Pattenden S, Wilkinson P, Doherty R, et al.
Environ Health Perspect
. 2012 Jul;
120(10):1411-7.
PMID: 22814173
Background: Short-term exposure to ozone has been associated with increased daily mortality. The shape of the concentration-response relationship-and, in particular, if there is a threshold-is critical for estimating public health...
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Hajat S, Sheridan S, Allen M, Pascal M, Laaidi K, Yagouti A, et al.
Am J Public Health
. 2010 Apr;
100(6):1137-44.
PMID: 20395585
Objectives: We compared the ability of several heat-health warning systems to predict days of heat-associated mortality using common data sets. Methods: Heat-health warning systems initiate emergency public health interventions once...
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Markandya A, Armstrong B, Hales S, Chiabai A, Criqui P, Mima S, et al.
Lancet
. 2009 Nov;
374(9706):2006-15.
PMID: 19942282
In this report, the third in this Series on health and climate change, we assess the changes in particle air pollution emissions and consequent effects on health that are likely...
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Haines A, McMichael A, Smith K, Roberts I, Woodcock J, Markandya A, et al.
Lancet
. 2009 Nov;
374(9707):2104-2114.
PMID: 19942281
This Series has examined the health implications of policies aimed at tackling climate change. Assessments of mitigation strategies in four domains-household energy, transport, food and agriculture, and electricity generation-suggest an...
17.
Woodcock J, Edwards P, Tonne C, Armstrong B, Ashiru O, Banister D, et al.
Lancet
. 2009 Nov;
374(9705):1930-43.
PMID: 19942277
We used Comparative Risk Assessment methods to estimate the health effects of alternative urban land transport scenarios for two settings-London, UK, and Delhi, India. For each setting, we compared a...
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Wilkinson P, Smith K, Davies M, Adair H, Armstrong B, Barrett M, et al.
Lancet
. 2009 Nov;
374(9705):1917-29.
PMID: 19942273
Energy used in dwellings is an important target for actions to avert climate change. Properly designed and implemented, such actions could have major co-benefits for public health. To investigate, we...
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Armstrong B, Dolk H, Pattenden S, Vrijheid M, Loane M, Rankin J, et al.
Emerg Themes Epidemiol
. 2007 Jul;
4:14.
PMID: 17617898
Background: Environmental pollution as a cause of congenital anomalies is sometimes suspected because of clustering of anomalies in areas of higher exposure. This highlights questions around spatial heterogeneity (clustering) in...
20.
Hajat S, Armstrong B, Gouveia N, Wilkinson P
Epidemiology
. 2005 Sep;
16(5):613-20.
PMID: 16135936
Background: Mortality increases with hot weather, although the extent to which lives are shortened is rarely quantified. We compare the extent to which short-term mortality displacement can explain heat deaths...