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Kristin Aunan is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, focusing extensively on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as well as related subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Global and Planetary Change, and Physiology.

The main topics covered by their scholarly work include:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

They have contributed significantly to the scientific literature, with some of their recent publications being:

  • "COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe" (2023), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Heat Stress Indicators in CMIP6: Estimating Future Trends and Exceedances of Impact-Relevant Thresholds" (2021), published in Earth's Future
  • "Economic costs of heat-induced reductions in worker productivity due to global warming" (2020), published in Global Environmental Change
  • "Air pollution declines during COVID-19 lockdowns mitigate the global health burden" (2020), published in Environmental Research

Kristin Aunan frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Some of the most frequent co-authors include:

  • Massimo Stafoggia
  • Alexandra Schneider
  • Antonio Gasparrini
  • Susanne Breitner
  • Shilpa Rao

The primary publication venues where their work appears include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines.

    Zander S. Venter;Kristin Aunan;Sourangsu Chowdhury;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld

  • Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM2.5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005-2015.

    Bin Zhao;Haotian Zheng;Shuxiao Wang;Kirk R. Smith

  • Exposure-response functions for health effects of ambient air pollution applicable for China -- a meta-analysis.

    Kristin Aunan;Xiao-Chuan Pan

  • Co-benefits of climate policy—lessons learned from a study in Shanxi, China

    Kristin Aunan;Jinghua Fang;Haakon Vennemo;Kenneth Oye

  • Air pollution and lung cancer risks in China--a meta-analysis

    Yu Zhao;Shuxiao Wang;Kristin Aunan;Hans Martin Seip

  • Surface Ozone in China and its Possible Impact on Agricultural Crop Yields

    Kristin Aunan;Terje Koren Berntsen;Hans Martin Seip

  • Environmental Pollution in China: Status and Trends

    Haakon Vennemo;Kristin Aunan;Henrik Lindhjem;Hans Martin Seip

  • Heat Stress Indicators in CMIP6: Estimating Future Trends and Exceedances of Impact-Relevant Thresholds

    Clemens Schwingshackl;Jana Sillmann;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera;Marit Sandstad

  • Transition in source contributions of PM2.5 exposure and associated premature mortality in China during 2005-2015.

    Haotian Zheng;Bin Zhao;Bin Zhao;Shuxiao Wang;Tong Wang

  • Chemical and size characterization of particles emitted from the burning of coal and wood in rural households in Guizhou, China

    Hefeng Zhang;Shuxiao Wang;Jiming Hao;Lin Wan

  • Urban and rural exposure to indoor air pollution from domestic biomass and coal burning across China

    H E S Mestl;K Aunan;H M Seip;S Wang

  • Economic costs of heat-induced reductions in worker productivity due to global warming

    Anton Orlov;Jana Sillmann;Kristin Aunan;Tord Kjellstrom

  • Internal migration and urbanization in China: impacts on population exposure to household air pollution (2000-2010)

    Kristin Aunan;Shuxiao Wang

  • A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution’s contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts

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  • Does air pollution modify temperature-related mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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  • A systematic review on the association between total and cardiopulmonary mortality/morbidity or cardiovascular risk factors with long-term exposure to increased or decreased ambient temperature.

    Sofia Zafeiratou;Evangelia Samoli;Konstantina Dimakopoulou;Sophia Rodopoulou

  • Air pollution declines during COVID-19 lockdowns mitigate the global health burden.

    Zander S. Venter;Kristin Aunan;Sourangsu Chowdhury;Jos Lelieveld

  • The assessment of health damage caused by air pollution and its implication for policy making in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

    Daisheng Zhang;Kristin Aunan;Hans Martin Seip;Steinar Larssen

  • Health and environmental benefits from air pollution reductions in Hungary.

    K Aunan;G Pátzay;H Asbjørn Aaheim;H Martin Seip

  • Cleaner production as climate investment—integrated assessment in Taiyuan City, China

    Heidi E.Staff Mestl;Kristin Aunan;Jinghua Fang;Hans Martin Seip

  • Can the Clean Development Mechanism attain both cost-effectiveness and sustainable development objectives?

    Hans H. Kolshus;Jonas Vevatne;Asbjørn Torvanger;Kristin Aunan

  • Climate change and air quality--measures with co-benefits in China.

    Kristin Aunan;Jinghua Fang;Tao Hu;Hans Martin Seip

  • Tropospheric ozone and aerosols in climate agreements: scientific and political challenges

    Kristin Rypdal;Terje Berntsen;Jan S. Fuglestvedt;Kristin Aunan

  • COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines with implications for public health risk

    Zander S. Venter;Kristin Aunan;Sourangsu Chowdhury;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Martin Seip
Hans Martin Seip University of Oslo
Shuxiao Wang
Shuxiao Wang Tsinghua University
Jiming Hao
Jiming Hao Tsinghua University
Jana Sillmann
Jana Sillmann Universität Hamburg
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Terje Berntsen
Terje Berntsen University of Oslo
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Tsinghua University
Alexandra Schneider
Alexandra Schneider Helmholtz Munich
Yu Zhao
Yu Zhao Nanjing University
Klea Katsouyanni
Klea Katsouyanni National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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