How low can you go? Air pollution affects mortality at very low levels

S Weichenthal, L Pinault, T Christidis, RT Burnett… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new guidelines for outdoor fine
particulate air pollution (PM2. 5) recommending an annual average concentration of 5 …

Long-term exposure to wildfires and cancer incidence in Canada: a population-based observational cohort study

J Korsiak, L Pinault, T Christidis, RT Burnett… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Wildfires emit many carcinogenic pollutants that contaminate air, water,
terrestrial, and indoor environments. However, little is known about the relationship between …

Disparities amidst plenty: a health portrait of Indigenous peoples in circumpolar regions

TK Young, AR Broderstad, YA Sumarokov… - … journal of circumpolar …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes the extent and variation in health disparities between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous people within Alaska, Greenland and the northern regions of Canada …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term ozone exposure and mortality from neurological diseases in Canada

N Zhao, L Pinault, O Toyib, J Vanos, M Tjepkema… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There is increasing interest in the health effects of air pollution. However, the
relationships between ozone exposure and mortality attributable to neurological diseases …

Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke: a national cohort study

T Olaniyan, L Pinault, C Li, A van Donkelaar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
We used a large national cohort in Canada to assess the incidence of acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) and stroke hospitalizations in association with long-term exposure to fine …

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in premature and avoidable mortality in Canada, 1991–2016

FV Shahidi, A Parnia, A Siddiqi - CMAJ, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Recent epidemiologic findings suggest that socioeconomic inequalities in
health may be widening over time. We examined trends in socioeconomic inequalities in …

[HTML][HTML] Neighbourhood walkability and mortality: Findings from a 15-year follow-up of a nationally representative cohort of Canadian adults in urban areas

JJ Lang, L Pinault, RC Colley, SA Prince… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Using a nationally representative cohort of Canadian adults, we assessed
associations between neighbourhood walkability and cause-specific mortality and …

Airborne nanoparticle concentrations are associated with increased mortality risk in Canada's two largest cities

M Lloyd, T Olaniyan, A Ganji, J Xu… - American journal of …, 2024 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Outdoor fine particulate air pollution (particulate matter with an aerodynamic
diameter⩽ 2.5 μm; PM2. 5) contributes to millions of deaths around the world each year, but …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality–air pollution associations in low exposure environments (MAPLE): Phase 2

M Brauer, JR Brook, T Christidis, Y Chu… - … Health Effects Institute, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Growing scientific evidence indicates that effects of air pollution on health
are observed at concentrations below current air quality standards. Combined with the large …

Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada: a population-based cohort study from 2006 to 2019

C Benny, BT Smith, E Hyshka… - J Epidemiol …, 2023 - jech.bmj.com
Background Deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and alcohol-related liver disease,
collectively known as 'deaths of despair', have been markedly increasing since the early …