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Helen H. Suh is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States, specializing in environmental science with a focus on health-related impacts of pollution. Their research extensively covers the interface between air quality and health outcomes, addressing critical issues in environmental justice, climate change effects, and toxicological impacts.

The scientist's main field of study is Environmental Science, contributing to 65 publications. Subfields of particular interest include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as General Health Professions, Pollution, Speech and Hearing, and Environmental Engineering. Their research topics emphasize air quality and health impacts, climate change and health impacts, global health care issues, and energy and environment impacts. Additional topics include noise effects and management, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and environmental justice and health disparities.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Helen H. Suh illustrate the scope and focus of their research. Selected publications include:

  • The impact of long-term PM2.5 exposure on specific causes of death: exposure-response curves and effect modification among 53 million U.S. Medicare beneficiaries, 2020, Environmental Health
  • The impact of Long-Term PM2.5 constituents and their sources on specific causes of death in a US Medicare cohort, 2021, Environment International
  • Long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure and cause-specific mortality in the U.S. Medicare population, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Long-term PM2.5 exposure and sepsis mortality in a US medicare cohort, 2022, BMC Public Health
  • Cohort profile: Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico, 2020, BMJ Open

Helen H. Suh frequently publishes in a variety of venues, including ISEE Conference Abstracts, UNC Libraries, Environmental Health, International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, and Toxics. Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as Trenton Honda, Kipruto Kirwa, Justin Manjourides, Laura Corlin, and Fatemeh Kazemiparkouhi, with whom they have extensively co-published in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Fine Particles and Coarse Particles: Concentration Relationships Relevant to Epidemiologic Studies

    William E. Wilson;Helen H. Suh

  • Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles

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

  • Decline in genomic DNA methylation through aging in a cohort of elderly subjects.

    Valentina Bollati;Joel Schwartz;Joel Schwartz;Robert Wright;Robert Wright;Augusto Litonjua

  • Using time- and size-resolved particulate data to quantify indoor penetration and deposition behavior.

    Christopher M. Long;Helen H. Suh;Paul J. Catalano;Pe tros Koutrakis

  • Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Respiratory, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality in Older US Adults

    Vivian C Pun;Fatemeh Kazemiparkouhi;Justin Manjourides;Helen H Suh

  • Relative contribution of outdoor and indoor particle sources to indoor concentrations

    Eileen Abt;Helen H. Suh;Paul Catalano;Petros Koutrakis

  • Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults: Results from the NSHAP Study

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  • Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension May Enhance Associations between AirPollution and Markers of Systemic Inflammation

    Sara D. Dubowsky;Helen Suh;Joel David Schwartz;Brent Andrew Coull

  • Characterization of Indoor Particle Sources Using Continuous Mass and Size Monitors

    Christopher M. Long;Helen H. Suh;Petros Koutrakis

  • Chronic Fine and Coarse Particulate Exposure, Mortality, and Coronary Heart Disease in the Nurses’ Health Study

    Robin C. Puett;Jaime E. Hart;Jeff D Yanosky;Christopher Paciorek;Christopher Paciorek

  • Characterization of indoor particle sources: A study conducted in the metropolitan Boston area.

    Eileen Abt;Helen H. Suh;George Allen;Petros Koutrakis

  • Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke.

    Gregory A. Wellenius;Mary R. Burger;Brent A. Coull;Joel Schwartz

  • Traffic related pollution and heart rate variability in a panel of elderly subjects

    J Schwartz;A Litonjua;H Suh;M Verrier

  • Fine particulate air pollution and mortality in 20 U.S. cities.

    J A Sarnat;J Schwartz;H H Suh

  • Lung Inflammation Induced by Concentrated Ambient Air Particles Is Related to Particle Composition

    Paulo H. N. Saldiva;Robert W. Clarke;Brent A. Coull;Rebecca C. Stearns

  • Ambient Pollution and Blood Pressure in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients

    Antonella Zanobetti;Marina Jacobson Canner;Peter H. Stone;Joel Schwartz

  • Air pollution and markers of coagulation, inflammation, and endothelial function : associations and epigene-environment interactions in an elderly cohort

    Marie Abele Bind;Andrea Baccarelli;Antonella Zanobetti;Letizia Tarantini

  • Air conditioning and source-specific particles as modifiers of the effect of PM(10) on hospital admissions for heart and lung disease.

    Nicole A H Janssen;Joel Schwartz;Antonella Zanobetti;Helen H Suh

  • Gaseous pollutants in particulate matter epidemiology: confounders or surrogates?

    Jeremy A. Sarnat;Joel Schwartz;Paul J. Catalano;Helen H. Suh

  • PM source apportionment and health effects: 1. Intercomparison of source apportionment results.

    Philip K Hopke;Kazuhiko Ito;Therese Mar;William F Christensen

  • Assessing the relationship between personal particulate and gaseous exposures of senior citizens living in Baltimore, MD.

    Jeremy A. Sarnat;Petros Koutrakis;Helen H. Suh

  • Modeling the Association Between Particle Constituents of Air Pollution and Health Outcomes

    Elizabeth Mostofsky;Joel Schwartz;Brent A. Coull;Petros Koutrakis

  • Using sulfur as a tracer of outdoor fine particulate matter.

    Jeremy A. Sarnat;Christopher M. Long;Petros Koutrakis;Brent A. Coull

  • Relationships among personal, indoor, and outdoor fine and coarse particle concentrations for individuals with COPD.

    Leonora Rojas-Bracho;Helen H Suh;Petros Koutrakis

  • Particulate air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and heart rate variability in an elderly cohort.

    Teresa Chahine;Andrea A. Baccarelli;Augusto L. Litonjua;Robert O Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Pantel S. Vokonas
Pantel S. Vokonas Boston University
Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
David Sparrow
David Sparrow Boston University
Andrea Baccarelli
Andrea Baccarelli Columbia University
Robert O. Wright
Robert O. Wright Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Francine Laden
Francine Laden Harvard University
Antonella Zanobetti
Antonella Zanobetti Harvard University

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