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Environmental Epidemiology Current research focuses on developing and assessing methods for assessing the spatio-temporal relationship between traffic-related air pollutants and non-accidental deaths.

Papers Luo K, Li R, Li W, Wang Z, Ma X, Zhang R, Fang X, Wu Z, Cao Y, Xu Q. Acute Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide on Cardiovascular Mortality in Beijing: An Exploration of Spatial Heterogeneity and the District-specific Predictors. Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 2;6:38328. Luo K, Li W, Zhang R, Li R, Xu Q, Cao Y. Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality: Adjustment of the Meteorological Factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Nov 4;13(11). Fang X, Li R, Kan H, Bottai M, Fang F, Cao Y. Bayesian model averaging method for evaluating associations between air pollution and respiratory mortality: a time-series study. BMJ Open. 2016 Aug 16;6(8):e011487. Fang X, Li R, Xu Q, Bottai M, Fang F, Cao Y. A Two-Stage Method to Estimate the Contribution of Road Traffic to PM2.5 Concentrations in Beijing, China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Jan 13;13(1). Yang Y, Cao Y, Li W, Li R, Wang M, Wu Z, Xu Q. Multi-site time series analysis of acute effects of multiple air pollutants on respiratory mortality: a population-based study in Beijing, China. Sci Total Environ. 2015 Mar 1;508:178-87. Yang Y, Li R, Li W, Wang M, Cao Y, Wu Z, Xu Q. The association between ambient air pollution and daily mortality in Beijing after the 2008 Olympics: a time series study. PLoS One. 2013 Oct 18;8(10):e76759

Presentations May 23-26, 2016 Exploring Bayesian model averaging method for evaluating associations between air pollution and respiratory mortality. 11th Annual International Symposium on Environment, Athens, Greece. October 16-18, 2014 Traffic-related air pollutants and their health effects in Beijing. The 6th International Academic Conference on Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Unit of Biostatistics, Nobels väg 13, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden