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  1. Rowan C*, R D’Souza R, Zheng X, Crooks J, Hohsfield K, Tong D, Chang HH, Ebelt S. Dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in three Southwestern United States: application of a monitoring-based exposure metric. Environ Res Health. 2024 Sep 1;2(3):031003. doi: 10.1088/2752-5309/ad5751. Epub 2024 Jul 15. PMID: 39015250; PMCID: PMC11247357 (link)
  2. Lappe, Brooke L.,*; Scovronick, Noah; D’Souza, Rohan R.; Manangan, Arie; Chang, Howard H.; Ebelt, Stefanie. Associations of pollen and cardiovascular disease morbidity in Atlanta during 1993–2018. Environmental Epidemiology 8(2):p e296, April 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000296 (link)
  3. Zhu, Q.*, Zhang, D., Wang, W. et al. Wildfires are associated with increased emergency department visits for anxiety disorders in the western United States. Nat. Mental Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00210-8 (link)
  4. McCann ZH, Chang HH, D’Souza R, Scovronick N, Ebelt S. Assessment of census-tract level socioeconomic position as a modifier of the relationship between short-term PM2.5 exposure and cardiovascular emergency department visits in Missouri. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2024 Feb 1:jech-2023-221438. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-221438. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38302278 (link)
  5. Lane M, Ebelt S, Wu Z, Scovronick N, D’Souza RR, Chang HH. Time-series analysis of temperature variability and cardiovascular emergency department visits in Atlanta over a 27-year period. Environ Health. 2024;23(1):9. doi:10.1186/s12940-024-01048-4 (link)
  6. Chang HH, Zhang H, Latimore AD, Murray BP, D’Souza RR, Scovronick N, Gribble MO, Ebelt ST. Associations between short-term ambient temperature exposure and emergency department visits for amphetamine, cocaine, and opioid use in California from 2005 to 2019. Environ Int. 2023;181:108233. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108233 (link)
  7. Englert J, Ebelt S, Chang H. Bayesian Semiparametric Estimation of Heterogeneous Effects in Matched Case-Control Studies with an Application to Alzheimer’s Disease and Heat. Published online November 20, 2023. Accessed January 4, 2024. (link)
  8. Hohsfield K, Rowan C*, D’Souza R, Ebelt S, Chang H, Crooks J. Evaluating Data Product Exposure Metrics for Use in Epidemiologic Studies of Dust Storms. Geohealth. 2023;7(8):e2023GH000824. doi:10.1029/2023GH000824 (link)
  9. Landry M*, D’Souza R, Moss S, et al. The Association Between Ambient Temperature and Snakebite in Georgia, USA: A Case-Crossover Study. GeoHealth. 2023;7(7):e2022GH000781. doi:10.1029/2022GH000781 (link) 
  10. Zhang H, Shi L, Ebelt ST, D’Souza RR, Schwartz JD, Scovronick N, Chang HH. Short-term associations between ambient air pollution and emergency department visits for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Environmental Epidemiology 7(1):e237, 2023. (link)
  11. Ebelt ST, D’Souza RR, Yu H, Scovronick N, Moss S, Chang HH. Monitoring vs. modeled exposure data in time-series studies of ambient air pollution and acute health outcomes. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 33:377-385, 2023. (link) 
  12. Bi J, D’Souza RR, Moss S, Scovronick N, Chang HH, Ebelt S. Acute effects of ambient air pollution on asthma emergency department visits in 10 U.S. states. Environmental Health Perspectives 131(4):047003, 2023. (link) 
  13. Lappe BL, Ebelt S, D’Souza RR, et al. Pollen and asthma morbidity in Atlanta: A 26-year time-series study. Environment International. 2023;177:107998. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.10799 (link) 
  14. Zhang Y, Ebelt ST, Shi L, Scovronick N, D’Souza RR, Steenland K, Chang HH. Short-term associations between warm-season ambient temperature and emergency department visits for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia in five US states. Environmental Research 220:115176, 2023. (link) 
  15. Richards M, Huang M, Strickland M, Newman A, Warren J, D’Souza R, Chang H, Darrow L. Acute association between heatwaves and stillbirth in six US states. Environmental Health 21(1):59-59, 2022. (link) 
  16. Miller AG*, Ebelt S, Levy K. Combined sewer overflows and gastrointestinal illness in Atlanta, 2002 to 2013: evaluating the impact of infrastructure improvements. Environmental Health Perspectives 130(5):057009, 2022. (link) 
  17. Dharmalingam S, Senthilkumar N, D’Souza RR, Hu Y, Chang HH, Ebelt S, Yu H, Kim CS, Rohr A. Developing air pollution concentration fields for health studies using multiple methods: cross-comparison and evaluation. Environmental Research 207:112207, 2022. (link) 
  18. Bi J*, Barry V, Weil EJ, Chang HH, Ebelt S. Short-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution and emergency department visits for kidney diseases in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Environmental Epidemiology 5:e164, 2021. (link)
  19. Jiang S*, Warren JL, Scovronick N, Moss S, Darrow LA, Strickland MJ, Newman AJ, Chen Y, Ebelt S, Chang HH. Using logic regression to characterize extreme heat exposures and their health associations: a time-series study of emergency department visits in Atlanta. BMC Medical Research Methodology 21:87, 2021. (link) – Single-Location, Temperature, Epi/Bios Methods
  20. Thomas N*, Ebelt ST, Newman AJ, Scovronick N, D’Souza RR, Moss S, Warren JL, Strickland MJ, Darrow LA, Chang HH. Time-series analysis of daily ambient temperature and emergency department visits in five US cities with a comparison of exposure metrics derived from 1-km meteorology products. Environmental Health 20:55, 2021. (link) 
  21. Bi J*, D’Souza R, Rich DQ, Hopke P, Russell AG, Liu Y, Chang HH, Ebelt S. Temporal changes in short-term associations between cardiorespiratory emergency department visits and PM2.5 in Los Angeles, 2005 to 2016. Environmental Research 190:109967, 2020. (link) 
  22. Reich BJ, Guan Y, Fourches D, Warren JL, Sarnat SE, Chang HH. Integrative statistical methods for exposure mixtures and health. Annals of Applied Statistics 14(4):1945-1963, 2020. (link) 

Foundational Work

  1. Blumberg AH*, Ebelt ST, Liang D, Morris CR, Sarnat JA. Ambient air pollution and sickle cell disease exacerbations in Atlanta, GA. Environmental Research 184:109292, 2020. (link) 
  2. Pennington AF*, Strickland MJ, Gass K*, Klein M, Sarnat SE, Tolbert PE, Balachandran S, Chang HH, Russell AG, Mulholland JA, Darrow LA. Source-apportioned PM2.5 and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits: accounting for source contribution uncertainty. Epidemiology, 30:789-798, 2019. (link)
  3. Abrams JY*, Klein M, Henneman LRF*, Sarnat SE, Chang HH, Strickland MJ, Mulholland JA, Russell AG, Tolbert PE. Impact of air pollution control policies on cardiorespiratory emergency department visits, Atlanta, GA, 1999-2013. Environment International, 126:627-634, 2019. (link)
  4. Barry V, Klein M, Winquist A, Chang HH, Mulholland JA, Talbott E, Rager J, Tolbert P, Sarnat SE. Characterization of the concentration-response curve for ambient ozone and acute respiratory morbidity in 5 U.S. cities. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 29:267-277, 2019. (link) 
  5. Pan A*, Sarnat SE, Chang HH. Time-series analysis of air pollution and health accounting for covariate-dependent overdispersion. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(12):2698-2704, 2018. (link) 
  6. Krall JR, Chang HH, Waller LA, Mulholland JA, Winquist A, Talbott EO, Rager JJ, Tolbert PE, Sarnat SE. A multicity study of air pollution and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits: comparing approaches for combining estimates across cities. Environment International, 20:312-320, 2018. (link)
  7. Ye D*, Klein M, Mulholland JA, Russell AG, Weber R, Edgerton ES, Chang HH, Sarnat JA, Tolbert PE, Sarnat SE. Estimating acute cardiovascular effects of ambient PM2.5 metals. Environmental Health Perspectives, 126(2): 027007, 2018. (link) 
  8. Abrams JY*, Weber RJ, Klein M, Sarnat SE, Chang HH, Strickland MJ, Verma V, Fang T, Bates JT, Mulholland JA, Russell AG, Tolbert PE. Associations between ambient fine particulate oxidative potential and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(10):107008, 2017. (link) 
  9. Friberg MD*, Kahn RA, Holmes HA, Chang HH, Sarnat SE, Tolbert PE, Russell AG, Mulholland JA. Daily ambient air pollution metrics for five cities: evaluation of data-fusion-based estimates and uncertainties. Atmospheric Environment, 158(6):36-50, 2017. (link) 
  10. Chen T*, Sarnat SE, Grundstein AJ, Winquist A, Chang HH. Time-series analysis of heat waves and emergency department visits in Atlanta, 1993 to 2012. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(5):057009, 2017. (link) 
  11. O’Lenick CR*, Chang HH, Kramer MR, Winquist A, Mulholland JA, Friberg MD, Sarnat SE. Ozone and childhood respiratory disease in three US cities: evaluation of effect measure modification by neighborhood socioeconomic status using a Bayesian hierarchical approach. Environmental Health, 16:36, 2017. (link) 
  12. O’Lenick CR*, Winquist A, Chang HH, Kramer MR, Mulholland JA, Grundstein A, Sarnat SE. Evaluation of individual and area-level factors as modifiers of the association between warm-season temperature and pediatric asthma morbidity in Atlanta, GA. Environmental Research, 156:132-144, 2017b. (link) 
  13. Ye D*, Klein M, Chang HH, Sarnat JA, Mulholland JA, Edgerton ES, Winquist A, Tolbert PE, Sarnat SE. Estimating acute cardiorespiratory effects of ambient volatile organic compounds. Epidemiology, 28:197-206, 2017. (link) 
  14. O’Lenick CR*, Winquist A, Mulholland JA, Friberg MD, Chang HH, Kramer MR, Darrow LA, Sarnat SE. Assessment of neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status as a modifier of air pollution-asthma associations among children in Atlanta. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71:129-136, 2017. (link) 
  15. Krall JR, Mulholland JA, Russell AG, Balachandran S, Winquist A, Tolbert PE, Waller LA, Sarnat SE. Associations between source-specific fine particulate matter and emergency department visits for respiratory disease in four U.S. cities. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125:97-103, 2017. (link) 
  16. Heidari L*, Winquist A, Klein M, O’Lenick CR, Grundstein A, Sarnat SE. Susceptibility to heat-related fluid and electrolyte imbalance emergency department visits in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – Special Issue on Climate Change and Human Health, 13:982, 2016. (link) – Single-Location, Temperature
  17. Pearce JL, Waller LA, Sarnat SE, Chang HH, Klein M, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE. Characterizing the spatial distribution of multiple pollutants and populations at risk in Atlanta, Georgia. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology, 18:13-23, 2016. (link) 
  18. Levy K, Klein M, Sarnat SE, Panwhar S, Huttinger A, Tolbert P, Moe C. Refined assessment of associations between drinking water residence time and emergency department visits for gastrointestinal illness in metro Atlanta, Georgia. Journal of Water and Health, 14:672-681, 2016. (link) 
  19. Winquist A, Grundstein A, Chang HH, Hess J, Sarnat SE. Warm-season temperatures and emergency department visits in Atlanta, Georgia. Environmental Research, 147:314-323, 2016. (link) 
  20. Alhanti BA*, Chang HH, Winquist A, Mulholland JA, Darrow L, Sarnat SE. Ambient air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma: a multi-city assessment of effect modification by age. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 26:180-188, 2016. (link) 
  21. Fang T, Verma V, Bates JT, Abrams J, Klein M, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Chang HH, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE, Russell AG, Weber RJ. Oxidative potential of ambient water-soluble PM2.5 in the southeastern United States: contrasts in sources and health associations between ascorbic acid (AA) and dithiothreitol (DTT) assays. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16:3865-3879, 2016. (link) 
  22. Bates JT*, Weber RJ, Abrams J, Verma V, Fang T, Klein M, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Chang HH, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE, Russell AG. Reactive oxygen species generation linked to sources of atmospheric particulate matter and cardiorespiratory effects. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(22):13605-12, 2015. (link) 
  23. Gass K*, Klein M, Sarnat SE, Winquist A, Darrow LA, Flanders WD, Chang HH, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE, Strickland MJ. Associations between ambient air pollutant mixtures and pediatric asthma emergency department visits in three cities: a classification and regression tree approach. Environmental Health, 14:58, 2015. (link) 
  24. Pearce JL, Waller LA, Mulholland JA, Sarnat SE, Strickland MJ, Chang HH, Tolbert PE. Exploring associations between multipollutant day types and asthma morbidity: epidemiologic applications of self-organizing map ambient air quality classifications. Environmental Health, 14:55, 2015. (link) 
  25. Sarnat SE, Winquist A, Schauer JJ, Turner J, Sarnat JA. Fine particulate matter components and emergency department visits for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois, metropolitan area. Environmental Health Perspectives, 123:437-444, 2015. (link) 
  26. Winquist A, Schauer JJ, Turner J, Klein M, Sarnat SE. Impact of ambient fine particulate matter carbon measurement methods on observed associations with acute cardiorespiratory morbidity. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 25:215-221, 2015. (link) 
  27. Winquist A, Kirrane E, Klein M, Strickland M, Darrow L, Sarnat SE, Gass K, Mulholland J, Russell A, Tolbert P. Joint effects of combinations of ambient air pollutants on pediatric emergency department visits in Atlanta, 1998-2004. Epidemiology, 25:666-673, 2014. (link) 
  28. Pearce JL, Waller LA, Chang HH, Klein M, Mulholland JA, Sarnat JA, Sarnat SE, Strickland MJ, Tolbert PE. Using self-organizing maps to develop ambient air quality classifications: a time series example. Environmental Health, 13:56, 2014. (link)
  29. Chang HH, Hao H*, Sarnat SE. A statistical modeling framework for projecting future ambient ozone and its health impact due to climate change. Atmospheric Environment 89:290-297, 2014. (link) 
  30. Sarnat JA, Sarnat SE, Flanders WD, Chang HH, Mulholland J, Baxter L, Isakov V, Özkaynak H. Spatiotemporally-resolved air exchange rate as a modifier of acute air pollution-related morbidity in Atlanta. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 23:606-615, 2013. (link) 
  31. Sarnat SE, Sarnat JA, Mulholland J, Isakov V, Özkaynak H, Chang HH, Klein M, Tolbert PE. Application of alternative spatiotemporal metrics of ambient air pollution exposure in a time-series epidemiological study in Atlanta. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 23:593-605, 2013. (link) 
  32. Winquist A, Klein M, Tolbert P, Flanders WD, Hess J, Sarnat SE. Comparison of emergency department and hospital admissions data for air pollution time-series studies. Environmental Health, 11:70, 2012. (link) 
  33. Winquist A, Klein M, Tolbert P, Sarnat SE. Power estimation using simulations in air pollution time-series studies. Environmental Health 11:68, 2012. (link)
  34. Darrow LA, Hess J, Rogers CA, Tolbert PE, Klein M, Sarnat SE. Ambient pollen concentrations and emergency department visits for asthma and wheeze. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 130:630-638, 2012. (link) 
  35. Flanders WD, Klein M, Darrow LA, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Sarnat JA, Waller LA, Winquist A, Tolbert PE. A method to detect residual confounding in spatial and other observational studies.  Epidemiology 22:823-826, 2011. (link) 
  36. Flanders WD, Tolbert PE, Darrow L, Strickland M, Sarnat S, Sarnat J, Waller L, Winquist A, Klein M. A method for detection of residual confounding in time-series and other observational studies. Epidemiology 22:59-67, 2011. (link)
  37. Darrow L, Klein M, Sarnat JA, Mulholland JA, Strickland MJ, Sarnat SE, Russell AG, Tolbert PE. The use of alternative pollutant metrics in time-series studies of ambient air pollution and respiratory emergency department visits. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 21:10-19, 2011. (link) 
  38. Strickland MJ, Darrow LA, Klein M, Flanders WD, Sarnat JA, Waller LA, Sarnat SE, Mulholland JA, Tolbert PE. Short-term associations between ambient air pollutants and pediatric asthma emergency department visits. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 182:307-316, 2010. (link) 
  39. Sarnat SE, Klein M, Sarnat JA, Mulholland J, Russell AG, Flanders WD, Waller LA, Tolbert PE.  An examination of exposure measurement error from air pollutant spatial variability in time-series studies. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 20:135-146, 2010. (link) 
  40. Grundstein A, Sarnat SE, Klein M, Shepherd M, Naeher L, Mote T, Tolbert P. Thunderstorm-associated asthma in Atlanta, Georgia. Thorax 63:659-660, 2008. (link) 
  41. Sarnat JA, Marmur A, Klein M, Kim E, Russell AG, Sarnat SE, Mulholland JA, Hopke PK, Tolbert PE. Fine particle sources and cardiorespiratory morbidity: an application of chemical mass balance and factor analytical source apportionment methods. Environmental Health Perspectives 116:459-466, 2008. (link) 
  42. Tolbert PE, Klein M, Peel JL, Sarnat SE, Sarnat JA. Multipollutant modeling issues in a study of ambient air quality and emergency department visits in Atlanta. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 17:S29-S35, 2007. (link)