Research Project Articles

Final report: Epidemiologic investigation to identify chronic health effects of ambient air pollutants in Southern California.

Articles funded by the contract:

• Berhane, K., McConnell, R., Gilliland, F. D., Islam, K. T., Gauderman, W. J., Avol, E., London, S. J., Rappaport, E., Margolis, H., Peters, J. "Sex-specific Effects of Asthma on Pulmonary Function in Children." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 162.5 (2000): 1723-1730.
  
  
• Enright, P. L., Linn, W. S., Avol, E. L., Margolis, H. G., Gong, H. Jr., Peters, J. M. "Quality of Spirometry Test Performance in Children and Adolescents: Experience in a Large Field Study." Chest 118.3 (2000): 665-671.
  
  
• Gauderman, W James; Avol, Edward; Lurmann, Fred; Kuenzli, Nino; Gilliland, Frank; Peters, John; McConnell, Rob. "Childhood Asthma and Exposure to Traffic and Nitrogen Dioxide." Epidemiology 16.6 (2005): 737-743.
  
  
• Gauderman, W. J., Avol, E., Gilliland, F., Vora, H., Thomas, D., Berhane, K., McConnell, R., Kuenzli, N., Lurmann, F., Rappaport, E., Margolis, H., Bates, D., Peters, J. "The Effect of Air Pollution on Lung Development from 10 to 18 Years of Age." New England Journal of Medicine 351.11 (2004): 1057-1067.
  
  
• Gauderman, W. J., Gilliland, G. F., Vora, H., Avol, E., Stram, D., McConnell, R., Thomas, D., Lurmann, F., Margolis, H. G., Rappaport, E. B., Berhane, K., Peters, J. M. "Association between Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth in Southern California Children : Results from a Second Cohort." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 166.1 (2002): 76-84.
  
  
• Gauderman, W. J., McConnell, R., Gilliland, F., London, S. J., Thomas, D., Avol, E., Vora, H., Berhane, K., Rappaport, E., Lurmann, F., Margolis, H., Peters, J. "Association between Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth in Southern California Children." American journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 162.4 (2000): 1383-1390.
  
  
• Gauderman, W. J., Vora, H., McConnell, R., Berhane, K., Gilliland, F., Thomas, D., Lurmann, F., Avol, E., Kunzli, N., Jerrett, M., Peters, J. "Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study." The Lancet 369.9561 (2007): 571-577.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Berhane, K., Islam, T., Wenten. M., Rappaport, E., Avol, E., Gauderman, W. J., McConnell, R., Peters, J. M. "Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Absenteeism Related to Respiratory Illness in Schoolchildren." American Journal of Epidemiology 157.10 (2003): 861-869.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Berhane, K., Li, Y. F., Gauderman, W. J., McConnell, R., Peters, J. M. "Children’s Lung Function and Antioxidant Vitamin, Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Intake." American journal of Epidemiology 158.6 (2003): 576-584.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Berhane, K., Li, Y. F., Rappaport, E. B., Peters, J. M. "Effects of Early Onset Asthma and In Utero Exposure to Maternal Smoking on Childhood Lung Function." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 167.6 (2003): 917-124.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Berhane, K., McConnell, Rob., Gauderman, W. J., Vora, H., Rappaport, E. B., Avol, E., Peters, J. M. "Maternal smoking during pregnancy, environmental tobacco smoke exposure and childhood lung function." Thorax: An International Journal of Respiratory Medicine 55.4 (2000): 271-276.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Li, Y. F., Dubeau, L., Berhane, K., Avol, E., McConnell, R., Gauderman, W. J., Peters, J. M. "Effects of Glutathione S-Transferase M1, Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy, and Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Asthma and Wheezing in Children." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 166.4 (2002): 457-463.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Li, Y. F., Peters, J. M. "Effects of Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Asthma and Wheezing in Children." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 163.2 (2001): 429-436.
  
  
• Gilliland, F. D., Linn, W., Rappaport, E., Avol, E., Gong, H., Peters, J. "Effect of spirometer temperature on FEV1 in a longitudinal epidemiological study." Occupational and Environmental Medicine 56.10 (1999): 718-720.
  
  
• Gilliland, Frank D.; Berhane, Kiros; Rappaport, Edward B.; Thomas, Duncan C.; Avol, Edward; Gauderman, W. James; London, Stephanie J.; Margolis, Helene G.; McConnell, Rob; Islam, K. Talat; Peters, John M. "The Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on School Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Illnesses." Epidemiology 12.1 (2001): 43-54.
  
  
• Li, Y. F., Gilliland, F. D., Berhane, K., McConnell, R., Gauderman, W. J., Rappaport, E. B., Peters, J. M. "Effects of In Utero and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Lung Function in Boys and Girls with and without Asthma." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 162.6 (2000): 2097-2104.
  
  
• Linn, W. S., Solomon, J. C., Gong, H. Jr., Avol, E. L., Navidi, W. C., Peters, J. M. "Standardization of multiple spirometers at widely separated times and places." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 153.4 (1996): 1309-1313.
  
  
• Linn, William S. MA; Solomon, Joseph C. MS; Gong, Henry Jr MD; Avol, Edward L. MS; Peters, John M. MD, ScD. "Temperature Standardization of Multiple Spirometers." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 40.2 (1998): 148-152.
  
  
• London, S. J., Gauderman, W. J., Avol, E., Rappaport, E. B., Peters, J. M. "Family history and the risk of early onset persistent, early onset transient and late onset asthma." Epidemiology 12.5 (2001): 577-583.
  
  
• McConnell, R., Berhane, K., Gilliland, F., London, S. J., Vora, H., Avol, E., Gauderman, W. J., Margolis, H. G., Lurmann, F., Thomas, D. C., Peters, J. M. "Air pollution and bronchitic symptoms in Southern California children with asthma." Environmental Health Perspectives 107.9 (1999): 757-760.
  
  
• McConnell, Rob; Berhane, Kiros; Gilliland, Frank; Islam, Talat; Gauderman, W. James; London, Stephanie J.; Avol, Edward; Rappaport, Edward B.; Margolis, Helene G.; Peters, John M. "Indoor Risk Factors for Asthma in a Prospective Study of Adolescents." Epidemiology 13.3 (2003): 288-295.
  
  
• Millstein, J., Gilliland, F. D., Berhane, K., Gauderman, W. J., McConnell, R., Avol, E., Rappaport, E., Peters, J. "Effects of Ambient Air Pollutants on Asthma Medication Use and Wheezing among Fourth-Grade School Children from 12 Southern California Communities Enrolled in The Children’s Health Study." Archives of Environmental Health 59.10 (2004): 505-514.
  
  
• Navidi, W., Thomas, D., Stram, D., Peters, J. M. "Design and analysis of multilevel analytic studies with applications to a study of air pollution." Environmental Health Perspectives 102.S-8 (1994): 25-32.
  
  
• Peters, J. M., Avol, E., Gauderman, W. J., Linn, W. S., Navidi, W., London, S. J., Margolis, H. G., Rappaport, E. B., Gong, H. Jr., Thomas, D. C. "A Study of Twelve Southern California Communities with Differing Levels and Types of Air Pollution: I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 159.3 (1999): 760-767.
  
  
• Peters, J. M., Avol, E., Gauderman, W. J., Linn, W. S., Navidi, W., London, S. J., Margolis, H. G., Rappaport, E. B., Vora, H., Gong, H. Jr., Thomas, D. C. "A Study of Twelve Southern California Communities with Differing Levels and Types of Air Pollution: II. Effects on Pulmonary Function." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 159.3 (1999): 768-775.