Publications

 

Associations between prenatal and early-life air pollution exposure and lung function in young children: Exploring influential windows of exposure on lung development

Environmental Research. 2023 Feb: 115415.

Andreas M. Neophytou, Liza Lutzker, Kristen M. Good, Jennifer K. Mann, Elizabeth M. Noth, Stephanie M. Holm, Sadie Costello, Tim Tyner, Kari C. Nadeau, Ellen A. Eisen, Fred Lurmann, S Katharine Hammond, John R. Balmes

Increases in ambient air pollutants during pregnancy are linked to increases in methylation of IL4, IL10, and IFNγ

Clinical Epigenetics. 2022 Mar; 14: 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.

Traffic-related air pollution, biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction, oxidative stress, and CC16 in children

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 2021 Aug.

Zhang AL, Balmes JR, Lutzker L, Mann JK, Margolis HG, Tyner T, Holland N, Noth EM, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Holm SM. 

Gene–environment interactions between air pollution and biotransformation enzymes and risk of birth defects

Birth Defects Research. 2021 May; 113: 676-686.

Padula AM, Yang W, Schultz K, Lee C, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Shaw GM.

Traffic-related air pollution is associated with glucose dysregulation, blood pressure, and oxidative stress in children

Environmental Research. 2021 Apr; 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 J.

Air pollution exposure is linked with methylation of immunoregulatory genes, altered immune cell profiles, and increased blood pressure in children

Scientific Reports. 2021 Feb; 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.

Immune biomarkers link air pollution exposure to blood pressure in adolescents

Environmental Health. 2020 Oct; 19: 108.

Prunicki M, Cauwenberghs N, Ataam JA, Movassagh H, Kim JB, Kuznetsova T, Wu JC, Maecker H, Haddad F, Nadeau K.

Immunologic effects of forest fire exposure show increases in IL-1β and CRP

Allergy. 2020 Sep; 75: 2356-2358.

Prunicki MM, Dant CC, Cao S, Maecker H, Haddad F, Kim JB, Snyder M, Wu J, Nadeau K.

Decrease in ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in California's San Joaquin Valley 2000–2019

Atmospheric Environment. 2020 Aug; 242: 117818.

Noth EM, Lurmann F, Perrino C, Vaughn D, Minor HA, Hammond SK.

Integrating Research Experiences Into Public Health Curricula: Effects on Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge of Neighborhood Inequalities, Perception of Research, and Motivation to Talk About Health Issues

Pedagogy in Health Promotion. 2020 Jun; 6(2): 113-118.

Zografos K, Alcala E, Capitman J, Khang L.

prenatal exposure to air pollution, maternal diabetes and preterm birth

Environ Research. 2019; 170: 160-167.

Padula AM, Yang W, Lurmann FW,Balmes J, Hammond SK, Shaw GM.

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A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL RISK FACTORS FOR GASTROSCHICIS IN CALIFORNIA

Birth Defects Research. 2019; 111: 212-221.

Weber KA, Yang W, Carmichael SL, Padula AM, Shaw GM.

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THE IMPACT OF A PRESCRIBED BURN VERSUS A WILDFIRE ON THE IMMUNE AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS OF CHILDREN

Allergy,74. 2019; 143.2.

Prunicki M, Kelsey R, Lee J, Zhou X, Smith E, Haddad F, Wu J, Nadeau K.

 
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AIR POLLUTION, MATERNAL HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS, AND PRETERM BIRTH

E Epidemiol. 2019 Oct; 3(5):e062.

Weber KA, Wei Y, Frederick L, S. Katharine H, Gary MS, and Amy MP.

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CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND POPULATION VULNERABILITY ON PEDIATRIC ASTHMA HOSPITALIZATIONS: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF CALENVIROSCREEN

Int. J. Environ. 2019; 16(5).

Alcala E, Brown P, Capitman J. A, Gonzalez M, & Cisneros R.

 
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genetic variation in BIOTRANSFORMATION enzymes, air pollution exposures, and risk of spina bifida

American Journal of Medical genetics. Part A. 2018; 176.5: 1055-1090.

Padula AM, Yang W, Schultz K, Lee C, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Shaw GM. 

 
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personal Exposure to pm2.5 black carbon and aerosol oxidative potential using an automated microenvironmental aerosol sampler (amas)

Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018; 52.19: 11267-11275.

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.Quinn C, Miller-Lionberg DD, Klunder KJ, Kwon J, Noth EM, Mehaffy J, Leith D, Magzamen S, Hammond SK, Henry CS, Volckens J.

 
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Exposure to NO2, CO, and PM2.5 is linked to regional DNA methylation differences in asthma.

Clin Epigenetics. 2018 Jan 5;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.

 
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Health care access, concentrated poverty, and pediatric asthma hospital care use in Calfornia’s San Joaquin Valley: a multilevel approach

J Asthma. 2017 Dec 20:1-9.
Alcala E, Cisneros R, Capitman J.

 

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Telomere Length in Children and Adolescents Living in Fresno, CA: A pilot study.

J Occup Environ Med. 2017 May;59(5):446-452.
Lee EY, Lin J, Noth EM, Hammond SK, Nadeau KC, Eisen EA, Balmes JR.

 
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Air pollution, neighborhood acculturation factors, and neural tube defects among Hispanic women in California.

Birth Defects Res. 2017 Apr 3;109(6):403-422.
Padula AM, Yang W, Carmichael SL, Lurmann F, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Shaw GM. 


 
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A pilot study comparing T-regulatory cell function among healthy children in different areas of Gansu, China.

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Oct;24(28):22579-22586.
Gou P, Chang X, Ye Z, Yao Y, Nguyen PK, Hammond SK, Wang J, Liu S.

 
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Elemental Carbon in Bakersfield, California

Air Quality Atmosphere and Health. 2016 Apr;9(8): 899-908.
Noth, E.M., Lurmann, F., Northcross, A., Perrino, C., Vaughn, D., Hammond, S.K.

 

Pollution, poverty, and potentially preventable childhood morbidity in Central California.

The Journal of Pediatrics. 2016 Jan;168:198-204
Mortimer KM, Neugebauer R, Lurmann FW, Alcorn S, Balmes J, Tager IB.

 
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GENE VARIANTS AS RISK FACTORS FOR GASTROSCHISIS

American J of Medical Genetics Part A. 2016 Nov; 170(11):2788-2802.
Padula AM, Yang W, Schultz K, Tom L, Lin B, Carmichael SL, Lammer EJ, Shaw GM.

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REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF ATOPIC DISEASES

Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2015 Jun; 15(6):33.
Sabounchi S, Bollyky J, Nadeau K.

 
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Air Pollution, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors, and Neural Tube Defects in the San Joaquin Valley of California. 

Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2015 Nov;29(6):536-45. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12244
Padula AM, Yang W, Carmichael SL, Tager IB, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Shaw GM.

 
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Ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pulmonary function in children.

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 May;25(3):295-302. doi: 10.1038/jes.2014.42. Epub 2014 Jun 18.
Padula AM, Balmes JR, EIsen EA, Mann J, Noth EM, Lurmann FW, Pratt B, Tager IB, Nadeau K, Hammond SK.

 

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. doi: 10.1111/cea.12377.
Hew KM, Walker AL, Kohli A, Garcia M, Syed A, McDonald-Hyman C, Noth EM, Mann JK, Pratt B, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Eisen EA, Nadeau KC.

 
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college students’ utilization of protective alcohol-use behaviors

California Journal Health Promo. 2015; 12(3): 49-58. Zografos, K., Krenz, V., Yarmo, K., & Alcala, E.

 
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role of infant sex in the association between air pollution and preterm birth

Ann Epidemiol. 2015; 25.11: 874. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.08.005. Epub 2015 Aug 9.
Cossi M, Zuta S, Padula AM, Gould JB, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM.

 
 

Exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth.

Environ Res. 2014 Nov;135:221-6. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.09.014. Epub 2014 Oct 2.
Padula AM, Noth EM, Hammond SK, Lurmann FW, Yang W, Tager IB,Shaw GM.

 

Traffic-related air pollution and selected birth defects in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Nov;97(11):730-5. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23175. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
Padula AM1, Tager IB, Carmichael SL, Hammond SK, Yang W, Lurmann FW, Shaw GM.

 
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air pollution and epigenetics

J. of Environ Protection. 2013 Jul 29; 4(08): 114.
Syed A, Hew K, Kohli A, Knowlton G, Nadeau KC.

Epigenetically-mediated pathogenic effects of phenanthrene on regulatory T cells.

J. of Toxicology. 2013.
Liu, J, Zhang, L, Winterroth, L, Garcia, M, Weiman, S, Wong, J, Sunwoo, J, Nadeau K

 
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Mapping and modeling airborne urban phenanthrene distribution using vegetation biomonitoring.

Atmospheric Environment, Volume 77, October 2013, Pages 518–524
Elizabeth M. Noth,  S. Katharine Hammond,  Gregory S. Biging, Ira B. Tager

 
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The Association of Ambient Air Pollution and Traffic Exposures With Selected Congenital Anomalies in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

Am J Epidemiol. 2013 May 15;177(10):1074-85. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws367. Epub 2013 Mar 28
Padula AM, Balmes JR, Eisen EA, Mann J, Noth EM, Lurmann FW, Pratt B, Tager IB, Nadeau K, Hammond SK.

 

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy and term low birthweight: estimation of causal associations in a semiparametric model.

Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Nov 1;176(9):815-24. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws148. Epub 2012 Oct 7.
Padula AM, Mortimer K, Hubbard A, Lurmann F, Jerrett M, Tager IB.

 

Secondhand smoke in combination with ambient air pollution exposure is associated with increased CpG methylation and decreased expression of IFN-γ in T effector cells and Foxp3 in T regulatory cells in children.

Clin Epigenetics. 2012 Sep 25;4(1):17. doi: 10.1186/1868-7083-4-17.
Kohli A1, Garcia MA, Miller RL, Maher C, Humblet O, Hammond SK, Nadeau K.

 
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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. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.29. Epub 2012 May 2.
Gale SL1, Noth EM, Mann J, Balmes J, Hammond SK, Tager IB.

 

A spatial-temporal regression model to predict daily outdoor residential PAH concentrations in an epidemiologic study in Fresno, CA.

Atmospheric Environment (2011) Volume: 45, Issue: 14, Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Pages: 2394-2403
Noth EM, Hammond SK, Biging GS, Tager IB.

 

How does diesel exhaust impact asthma?

Thorax 2011; 66:4-6.
Balmes JR. 

 

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.

 
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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. Epub 2010 Jun 22.
Mann JK, Balmes JR, Bruckner TA, Mortimer KM, Margolis HG, Pratt B, Hammond SK, Lurmann FW, Tager IB.

 
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Temporal and spatial patterns of ambient endotoxin concentrations in Fresno, California.

Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct;118(10):1490-6. Epub 2010 May 21.
Tager IB, Lurmann FW, Haight T, Alcorn S, Penfold B, Hammond SK.

 
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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. 


 
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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 KM, Neugebauer R, Lurmann FW, Alcorn S, Balmes J, Tager IB.

 

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 IB.

 

An application of model-fitting procedures for marginal structural models.

Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Aug 15;162(4):382-8. Epub 2005 Jul 13.
Mortimer KM, Neugebauer R, van der Laan M, Tager IB.