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Mixture of organic pollutants is associated with cognitive aging Open

Vrinda Kalia, Katherine E. Manz, Jaime Benavides, Suhang Song, Brandi Vollmer , et al. · 2025

INTRODUCTION Environmental organic pollutants impact brain function and cognitive aging, but the effects of real-world complex mixtures of these pollutants is unexplored. METHODS Using data collected at two time points from 170 cognitively…

Prenatal environmental risk for adolescent attention, thought, and substance use problems: A mixtures approach to coexposure and psychiatric comorbidities Open

Jaime Benavides, Jacob W. Cohen, Lawrence Chillrud, Gali Cohen, Mariah DeSerisy , et al. · 2025

Background: Prospective studies suggest that prenatal exposure to chemical neurotoxicants and maternal stress increase risk for psychiatric problems. However, most studies have focused on childhood outcomes, leaving adolescence—a critical …

pcpr: Principal Component Pursuit for Environmental Epidemiology Open

Lawrence Chillrud, Jaime Benavides, Elizabeth A. Gibson, J H Zhang, Jingkai Yan , et al. · 2025

The Impact of New York City's Open Streets Program on Local Traffic Open

Sabah Usmani, Xiao Wu, Darby Jack, Heather McBrien, Andrew Rundle , et al. · 2025

Urban environment and mental health in a changing climate Open

Jaime Benavides, Robbie M. Parks, Marianthi Anna Kioumourtzoglou · 2024

bneR - A collaborative workflow for air quality modeling and uncertainty characterization using the Bayesian Nonparametric Ensemble Open

Jaime Benavides, Sebastian T. Rowland, Lawrence Chillrud, C. Gallegos, Vijay Kumar , et al. · 2024

Community severance and road safety in New York City Open

Jaime Benavides, Sabah Usmani, Vijay Kumar, Marianthi Anna Kioumourtzoglou · 2024

The Impact of New York City’s Open Streets Program on Traffic Levels: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Open

Sabah Usmani, Marianthi Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Jaime Benavides, Darby Jack, Xiao Wu · 2024

Daily temperature variability and mental health-related hospital visits in New York State Open

Gali Cohen, Sebastian T. Rowland, Jaime Benavides, Jutta Lindert, Marianthi‐Anna Kioumourtzoglou , et al. · 2024

A data fusion uncertainty-enabled method to map street-scale hourly NO2: a case study in Barcelona Open

Álvaro Criado, Jan Mateu Armengol, Hervé Petetin, Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Jaime Benavides , et al. · 2024

Considering that air pollution is the leading global environmental risk factor according to the WHO, characterizing NO2 levels holds crucial significance, particularly in heavily trafficked urban areas where NO2 legal limits and heal…

Development of a community severance index for urban areas in the United States: A case study in New York City Open

Jaime Benavides, Sabah Usmani, Vijay Kumar, Marianthi‐Anna Kioumourtzoglou · 2024

We developed a high spatial-resolution Community Severance Index for NYC using data available nationwide, making it feasible for replication in other cities across the United States. Our findings suggest that increases in the Community Sev…

An environmental justice analysis of air pollution emissions in the United States from 1970 to 2010 Open

Yanelli Nunez, Jaime Benavides, Jenni A. Shearston, Elena M. Krieger, Misbath Daouda , et al. · 2024

Data fusion uncertainty-enabled methods to map street-scale hourly NO 2 in Barcelona: a case study with CALIOPE-Urban v1.0 Open

Álvaro Criado, Jan Mateu Armengol, Hervé Petetin, Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Jaime Benavides , et al. · 2023

Comprehensive monitoring of NO2 exceedances is imperative for protecting human health, especially in urban areas with traffic. However, an accurate spatial characterization of the exceedances is challenging due to the typically low density…

Challenges for achieving clean air - The case of Barcelona (Spain) Open

Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Marc Guevara, Jan Mateu Armengol, Álvaro Criado, Santiago Enciso , et al. · 2023

Air pollution affects the economy, the environment, and public health. This is particularly relevant in dense urban areas due to their urban built, high traffic activity, and near-the-source population exposure. In the city of Barcelona, t…

Development of a Community Severance Index for Urban Areas in the United States: A Case Study in New York City Open

Jaime Benavides, Sabah Usmani, Vijay Kumar, Marianthi‐Anna Kioumourtzoglou · 2023

Comment on egusphere-2022-1147 Open

Álvaro Criado, Jan Mateu Armengol, Hervé Petetin, Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Jaime Benavides , et al. · 2022

Abstract. Comprehensive monitoring of NO₂ exceedances is imperative for protecting human health, especially in trafficked urban areas. However, accurate spatial characterization of exceedances is challenging due…

Data fusion uncertainty-enabled methods to map street-scale hourly NO 2 in Barcelona city: a case study with CALIOPE-Urban v1.0 Open

Álvaro Criado, Jan Mateu Armengol, Hervé Petetin, Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Jaime Benavides , et al. · 2022

Comprehensive monitoring of NO2 exceedances is imperative for protecting human health, especially in trafficked urban areas. However, accurate spatial characterization of exceedances is challenging due to the typically low density of air q…

Principal Component Pursuit for Pattern Identification in Environmental Mixtures Open

Elizabeth A. Gibson, Jun‐Hui Zhang, Jingkai Yan, Lawrence Chillrud, Jaime Benavides , et al. · 2022

PCP-LOD serves as a useful tool to express multidimensional exposures as consistent patterns that, if found to be related to adverse health, are amenable to targeted public health messaging. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10479.

Trends in air pollution emissions in the contiguous United States from 1970 to 2010: an environmental justice analysis Open

Yanelli Nunez, Jaime Benavides, Misbath Daouda, Lucas Henneman, Randall V. Martin , et al. · 2022

Background: Air pollution emissions have substantially decreased in the US since the 1970 Clean Air Act. We examined racial and economic disparities in emissions reductions from specific pollution sources. Methods: We evaluated racial/ethn…

Do complex mixtures of prenatal environmental and social exposures explain variation in risk for behavioral symptoms in adolescence? Open

Jaime Benavides, Lawrence Chillrud, Mariah DeSerisy, Jacob W. Cohen, Jeff Goldsmith , et al. · 2022

Background and Aim: Prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals is associated with behavioral symptoms of mental health. These symptoms often emerge across adolescence and frequently co-occur, suggesting shared etiologic pathways. Prenata…

Methods for evaluating environmental health impacts at different stages of the policy process in cities Open

Jaime Benavides, Sebastian T. Rowland, Jenni A. Shearston, Yanelli Nunez, Darby Jack , et al. · 2022

Background and Aim: Evaluating the environmental health impacts of urban policies is critical for developing and implementing policies that lead to more healthy and equitable cities. This narrative review aims to (1) identify research ques…

Unintended impacts of the Open Streets program on noise complaints in New York City Open

Jaime Benavides, Sebastian T. Rowland, Jeff Goldsmith, M-A. Kioumourtzoglou · 2022

Background and Aim: Exposure to high levels of environmental noise and noise annoyance have been associated with detrimental health outcomes. In 2012, a campaign in New York City (NYC) measured noise levels frequently exceeding recommended…

Methods for Evaluating Environmental Health Impacts at Different Stages of the Policy Process in Cities Open

Jaime Benavides, Sebastian T. Rowland, Jenni A. Shearston, Yanelli Nunez, Darby Jack , et al. · 2022

Association of Tropical Cyclones With County-Level Mortality in the US Open

Robbie M. Parks, Jaime Benavides, G. Brooke Anderson, Rachel C. Nethery, Ana Navas‐Acién , et al. · 2022

Among US counties that experienced at least 1 tropical cyclone from 1988-2018, each additional cyclone day per month was associated with modestly higher death rates in the months following the cyclone for several causes of death, including…

Principal Component Pursuit for Pattern Identification in Environmental Mixtures Open

Elizabeth A. Gibson, Junhui Zhang, Jingkai Yan, Lawrence Chillrud, Jaime Benavides , et al. · 2021

Environmental health researchers often aim to identify sources/behaviors that give rise to potentially harmful exposures. We adapted principal component pursuit (PCP)-a robust technique for dimensionality reduction in computer vision and s…

To what extent the traffic restriction policies applied in Barcelona city can improve its air quality? Open

Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Marc Guevara, Ma. Paz Linares, Josep Casanovas, Jan Mateu Armengol , et al. · 2021

Uncertainty Characterization in PM2.5 Estimates Across the Contiguous US Open

Sebastian T. Rowland, Aditya Makkar, Jaime Benavides, Lawrence Chillrud, Brent A. Coull , et al. · 2021

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Accurate PM2.5 exposure assessment, often performed using statistical prediction models, is a critical component of health studies and regulatory action. Ensemble modeling is becoming increasingly popular as it improves…

Forty years of road transport NOX emissions reductions in the contiguous United States: an environmental justice analysis Open

Yanelli Nunez, Jaime Benavides, Mistbath Daouda, Lucas Henneman, Erin E. Mcduffle , et al. · 2021

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Road transport-related nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions in the United States (US) were drastically reduced over the last forty years. These improvements were mainly driven by environmental policies aiming to reduce emissi…

Bias-adjustment method for street-scale air quality models Open

Joan Armengol, A. García Criado, Jaime Benavides, Oriol Jorba, Marc Guevara , et al. · 2021

Air quality (AQ) is a growing concern, especially in urban \nareas where high-density populated regions are exposed to \nfrequent exceedances of regulated pollutants. To take action in \nreducing citizen exposure to pollution, a reliable a…

Impact of excess diesel NOx emisions upon NO2 pollution in a compact city: the role of model resolution Open

Jaime Benavides, Marc Guevara, Michelle Snyder, Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Albert Soret , et al. · 2021

<div>Diesel light-duty-vehicles (LDV) largely exceed the Euro emission standards of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in real-world driving conditions. Air quality models at meso- and large-scale resolutions ha…

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