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Overview

Linwei Tian is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China, contributing to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Epidemiology; Molecular Biology; General Health Professions; and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research interests are reflected in the main topics they have worked on, which encompass Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Noise Effects and Management, Global Health Care Issues, Influenza Virus Research Studies, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Linwei Tian has published multiple papers in various scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Pollution
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Linwei Tian include:

  • Outdoor light at night and risk of coronary heart disease among older adults: a prospective cohort study, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Air pollution associated respiratory mortality risk alleviated by residential greenness in the Chinese Elderly Health Service Cohort, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Influenza seasonality and its environmental driving factors in mainland China and Hong Kong, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Reproduction Number of the Omicron Variant Triples That of the Delta Variant, 2022, Viruses
  • Trends of temperature variability: Which variability and what health implications?, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers. The most frequent co-authors include Jinjun Ran, Benjamin J. Cowling, Shengzhi Sun, Haisheng Wu, and Ruby Siu-yin Lee.

Best Publications

  • Global variation in the effects of ambient temperature on mortality: a systematic evaluation.

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben Armstrong;Shanshan Li

  • Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicommunity Study.

    Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben G. Armstrong;Benjawan Tawatsupa

  • Short-term and long-term exposures to fine particulate matter constituents and health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Yang Yang;Zengliang Ruan;Xiaojie Wang;Yin Yang

  • Temperature Variability and Mortality: A Multi-Country Study.

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben G. Armstrong;Benjawan Tawatsupa

  • Household stove improvement and risk of lung cancer in Xuanwei, China.

    Qing Lan;Robert Sedgwick Chapman;Dina M. Schreinemachers;Linwei Tian

  • Major air pollutants and risk of COPD exacerbations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jinhui Li;Shengzhi Sun;Robert Tang;Hong Qiu

  • Time series analysis of dengue fever and weather in Guangzhou, China

    Liang Lu;Hualiang Lin;Hualiang Lin;Linwei Tian;Weizhong Yang

  • Particle size and chemical constituents of ambient particulate pollution associated with cardiovascular mortality in Guangzhou, China

    Hualiang Lin;Jun Tao;Yaodong Du;Tao Liu

  • Mineralogical and compositional characteristics of Late Permian coals from an area of high lung cancer rate in Xuan Wei, Yunnan, China: Occurrence and origin of quartz and chamosite

    Shifeng Dai;Linwei Tian;Chen-Lin Chou;Yiping Zhou

  • Effects of coarse particulate matter on emergency hospital admissions for respiratory diseases: a time-series analysis in Hong Kong.

    Hong Qiu;Ignatius Tak-sun Yu;Linwei Tian;Xiaorong Wang

  • Toxic Effects of Silica Nanoparticles on Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae

    Junchao Duan;Yongbo Yu;Huiqin Shi;Linwei Tian

  • Oxidative damage-related genes AKR1C3 and OGG1 modulate risks for lung cancer due to exposure to PAH-rich coal combustion emissions.

    Qing Lan;Judy Lee Mumford;Min Shen;David M. DeMarini

  • Emissions of gas- and particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Shing Mun Tunnel, Hong Kong

    Kinfai Ho;Steven Sai Hang Ho;Steven Sai Hang Ho;Sichen Lee;Yan Cheng

  • Personal and indoor PM2.5 exposure from burning solid fuels in vented and unvented stoves in a rural region of China with a high incidence of lung cancer

    Wei Hu;George S. Downward;Boris Reiss;Jun Xu

  • Land use regression modelling of air pollution in high density high rise cities : a case study in Hong Kong

    Martha Lee;Michael Brauer;Paulina Wong;Robert Tang

  • Indoor Coal Combustion Emissions, GSTM1 and GSTT1 Genotypes, and Lung Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Xuan Wei, China

    Qing Lan;Xingzhou He;Debra J. Costa;Linwei Tian

  • Silica nanoparticles induce autophagy and autophagic cell death in HepG2 cells triggered by reactive oxygen species.

    Yongbo Yu;Junchao Duan;Yang Yu;Yang Li

  • Exposure to ambient air pollution and blood lipids in adults: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study

    Bo Yi Yang;Michael S. Bloom;Iana Markevych;Zhengmin (Min) Qian

  • Polymorphisms in the DNA nucleotide excision repair genes and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China

    Min Shen;Sonja I. Berndt;Nathaniel Rothman;David M. DeMarini

  • Long term exposure to air pollution and mortality in an elderly cohort in Hong Kong.

    Yang Yang;Robert Tang;Hong Qiu;Poh Chin Lai

  • The health impacts of coal use in China

    Robert B. Finkelman;Linwei Tian

Frequent Co-Authors

Kin-Fai Ho
Kin-Fai Ho Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hualiang Lin
Hualiang Lin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joseph J.Y. Sung
Joseph J.Y. Sung Nanyang Technological University
Jun Yu
Jun Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qing Lan
Qing Lan National Institutes of Health
Steven Sai Hang Ho
Steven Sai Hang Ho Desert Research Institute
Shuncheng Lee
Shuncheng Lee Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Nathaniel Rothman
Nathaniel Rothman National Institutes of Health
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia

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