Publications

Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients in Southern California. 

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 May 10; 35537137

Change in BMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Children in the ECHO Cohort

Plasma concentrations of lipophilic persistent organic pollutants and glucose homeostasis in youth populations

Environ Res. 2022 Apr 18;212(Pt B):113296

Pre-existing pancreatitis and elevated risks of COVID-19 severity and mortality

Gastroenterology. 2022 May; 162(6): 1758-1760.e3.

Transcriptomic and metabolomic associations with exposures to air pollutants among youth adults with childhood asthma history

Environ Pollut. 2022 Apr 15;299:118903

Ambient Air Pollution and COVID-19 Incidence during Four 2020-2021 Case Surges

Environmental Research 2022; 208: 112758

Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109, 122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed

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