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Masahiro Hashizume

Masahiro Hashizume

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
23425
World Ranking
1188
National Ranking
13

Overview

Masahiro Hashizume is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their work extensively covers health-related impacts of environmental factors, particularly focusing on climate change and air quality.

Their recent publications include notable papers such as:

  • 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
  • Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries, 2020, BMJ

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Chris Fook Sheng Ng
  • Aurelio Tobı́as
  • Yasushi Honda
  • Ho Kim
  • Antonio Gasparrini

The scientist's research is often published in a select range of journals and conference proceedings. The venues with the most publications include:

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

Main fields of study connected to their research are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, the following subfields are frequently addressed:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Physiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The core topics of Masahiro Hashizume's research include:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

Best Publications

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

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Eric Lavigne

  • Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

    Qi Zhao;Qi Zhao;Yuming Guo;Tingting Ye;Antonio Gasparrini

  • 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

  • Temporal variation in heat-mortality associations: A multicountry study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Patrick L. Kinney

  • Quantifying excess deaths related to heatwaves under climate change scenarios: A multicountry time series modelling study

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Shanshan Li;Francesco Sera

  • Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries

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  • Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

    John Handmer;Yasushi Honda;Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Nigel Arnell

  • The influence of temperature and humidity on the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Japan

    Daisuke Onozuka;Masahiro Hashizume

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

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

  • Association between climate variability and hospital visits for non-cholera diarrhoea in Bangladesh: effects and vulnerable groups

    Masahiro Hashizume;Ben Armstrong;Shakoor Hajat;Yukiko Wagatsuma

  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations.

    Gongbo Chen;Yuming Guo;Xu Yue;Shilu Tong

  • Typhoid Fever and Its Association with Environmental Factors in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh: A Spatial and Time-Series Approach

    Ashraf M. Dewan;Robert Corner;Masahiro Hashizume;Emmanuel T. Ongee

  • How urban characteristics affect vulnerability to heat and cold: a multi-country analysis

    Francesco Sera;Ben Armstrong;Aurelio Tobias;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries: A Regional Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Priorities.

    Lachlan McIver;Rokho Kim;Alistair Woodward;Simon Hales

  • Reduced death rates from cyclones in Bangladesh: what more needs to be done?

    Ubydul Haque;Masahiro Hashizume;Korine N Kolivras;Hans J Overgaard

  • Time series regression model for infectious disease and weather

    Chisato Imai;Ben Armstrong;Zaid Chalabi;Punam Mangtani

  • Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries.

    Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera;Francesco Sera;Cong Liu;Ben Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasushi Honda
Yasushi Honda University of Tsukuba
Ho Kim
Ho Kim Seoul National University
Ben Armstrong
Ben Armstrong London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Eric Lavigne
Eric Lavigne University of Ottawa
Shilu Tong
Shilu Tong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University
Antonella Zanobetti
Antonella Zanobetti Harvard University
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva Universidade de São Paulo

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