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Antonella Zanobetti

Antonella Zanobetti

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2025

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Overview

Antonella Zanobetti is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on the intersections of climate, pollution, and human health.

The scientist's most recent publications illustrate a strong engagement with the health impacts of environmental factors, particularly climate change and air quality. Notable papers include:

  • The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries, 2022, Circulation
  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Long-term effects of PM2·5 on neurological disorders in the American Medicare population: a longitudinal cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Planetary Health

Zanobetti's research covers a variety of main and subfields within environmental health sciences. The key areas of study include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • General Health Professions
  • Physiology
  • Health
  • Pollution

The scientist's work also involves several main topics that reflect current global priorities in environmental and health research:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management

Zanobetti frequently publishes in leading academic venues related to environmental and public health sciences. The most common publication platforms are:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology

Collaboration forms a significant part of Zanobetti's research approach. Some frequently co-authored scholars include:

  • Joel Schwartz
  • Aurelio Tobías
  • Antonio Gasparrini
  • Éric Lavigne
  • Masahiro Hashizume

Best Publications

  • Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Eric Lavigne

  • Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition.

    Samuel S. Myers;Antonella Zanobetti;Itai Kloog;Peter Huybers

  • Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

    Cong Liu;Renjie Chen;Francesco Sera;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population.

    Qian Di;Yan Wang;Antonella Zanobetti;Yun Wang

  • The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

    A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera;A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera;N. Scovronick;F. Sera;F. Sera;D. Royé

  • The national morbidity, mortality, and air pollution study

    Francesca Dominici;Antonella Zanobetti;Scott L Zeger;Joel Schwartz

  • The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study. Part II: Morbidity and mortality from air pollution in the United States.

    J M Samet;S L Zeger;F Dominici;F Curriero

  • Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Francesco Sera;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles

    Andrea Baccarelli;Robert O. Wright;Valentina Bollati;Letizia Tarantini

  • The Effect of Weather on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Deaths in 12 U.S. Cities

    Alfésio L F Braga;Antonella Zanobetti;Joel David Schwartz

  • The effect of fine and coarse particulate air pollution on mortality: a national analysis.

    Antonella Zanobetti;Joel Schwartz

  • Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults

    Qian Di;Lingzhen Dai;Yun Wang;Antonella Zanobetti

  • Modifiers of the Temperature and Mortality Association in Seven US Cities

    Marie S. O’Neill;Antonella Zanobetti;Joel Schwartz

  • Fine particulate air pollution and its components in association with cause-specific emergency admissions

    Antonella Zanobetti;Meredith Franklin;Petros Koutrakis;Joel Schwartz

  • Disparities by race in heat-related mortality in four US cities: the role of air conditioning prevalence.

    Marie S. O’Neill;Antonella Zanobetti;Joel Schwartz

  • The time course of weather-related deaths.

    Alfésio Luis Ferreira Braga;Antonella Zanobetti;Joel Schwartz

  • The concentration-response relation between PM(2.5) and daily deaths.

    Joel David Schwartz;Francine Laden;Antonella Zanobetti

  • Extreme Temperatures and Mortality: Assessing Effect Modification by Personal Characteristics and Specific Cause of Death in a Multi-City Case-Only Analysis

    Mercedes Medina-Ramón;Antonella Zanobetti;David Paul Cavanagh;Joel David Schwartz

  • The Effect of Ozone and PM10 on Hospital Admissions for Pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A National Multicity Study

    Mercedes Medina-Ramón;Antonella Zanobetti;Joel Schwartz

  • The Effect of Weather on Respiratory and Cardiovascular Deaths in 12 U.S. Cities. (Articles)

    Alfesio L. F. Braga;Antonella Zanobetti;Joel Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
Shilu Tong
Shilu Tong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Eric Lavigne
Eric Lavigne University of Ottawa
Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University
Itai Kloog
Itai Kloog Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pantel S. Vokonas
Pantel S. Vokonas Boston University
Andrea Baccarelli
Andrea Baccarelli Columbia University
Francesca Dominici
Francesca Dominici Harvard University

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