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David O. Carpenter is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a strong focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Classics, Atmospheric Science, and Oncology.

Their recent academic output includes several papers published mainly between 2021 and 2022. Notable recent works include "Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review" (2021) published in The Lancet Planetary Health; "Mapping research strands of ethics of artificial intelligence in healthcare: A bibliometric and content analysis" (2021) in Computers in Biology and Medicine; "E-Waste in Africa: A Serious Threat to the Health of Children" (2021) featured in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; "Associations between Metal Exposures and Cognitive Function in American Older Adults" (2022) also in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; and "Effects of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup™ on the mammalian nervous system: A review" (2022) in Environmental Research.

Their frequent co-authors include Laura Jones, Haider A. Khwaja, Azhar Siddique, Mirza M. Hussain, and Samuel Byrne.

Common publication venues for their research are:

  • Reviews on Environmental Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution

They have authored books published by Yale University Press, including several editions of Henry III between 2020 and 2023.

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Medieval Literature and History
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CELL SIZE IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS

    Elwood Henneman;George Somjen;David O. Carpenter

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • The Global Burden of Cancer 2013

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Daniel Dicker;Daniel Dicker;Amanda Pain;Hannah Hamavid

  • Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Emma Nichols;Cassandra E.I. Szoeke;Stein Emil Vollset;Nooshin Abbasi

  • Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Joan B Soriano;Joan B Soriano;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Semaw Ferede Abera

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • EXCITABILITY AND INHIBITIBILITY OF MOTONEURONS OF DIFFERENT SIZES

    Elwood Henneman;George Somjen;David O. Carpenter

  • Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon

    Ronald A. Hites;Jeffery A. Foran;David O. Carpenter;M. Coreen Hamilton

  • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Haidong Wang;Chelsea A. Liddell;Matthew M. Coates;Meghan D. Mooney

  • Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Haidong Wang;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Matthew M Coates;Megan Coggeshall

  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Routes of Exposure and Effects on Human Health

    David O. Carpenter

  • Understanding the human health effects of chemical mixtures.

    David O Carpenter;Kathleen Arcaro;David C Spink

  • E-Waste and Harm to Vulnerable Populations: A Growing Global Problem

    Michelle Heacock;Carol Bain Kelly;Kwadwo Ansong Asante;Linda S. Birnbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Sly
Peter D. Sly University of Queensland
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Ferrán Catalá-López
Ferrán Catalá-López Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
David A. Lawrence
David A. Lawrence New York State Department of Health
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington

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