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Overview

Melbourne F. Hovell is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on subfields such as Physiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Speech and Hearing, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's work is concentrated on several main topics, including:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Melbourne F. Hovell has published extensively in multiple journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Perspectives on Behavior Science
  • Academic Pediatrics
  • Hospital Pediatrics
  • Diabetes Care

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Melbourne F. Hovell include:

  • Sedentary Behavior and Diabetes Risk Among Women Over the Age of 65 Years: The OPACH Study, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Persistent tobacco smoke residue in multiunit housing: Legacy of permissive indoor smoking policies and challenges in the implementation of smoking bans, 2020, Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Nicotine, Cotinine, and Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines Measured in Children's Silicone Wristbands in Relation to Secondhand Smoke and E-cigarette Vapor Exposure, 2020, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Remediating Thirdhand Smoke Pollution in Multiunit Housing: Temporary Reductions and the Challenges of Persistent Reservoirs, 2020, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Thirdhand smoke associations with the gut microbiomes of infants admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit: An observational study, 2021, Environmental Research

Throughout their career, Melbourne F. Hovell has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Eunha Hoh
  • Vincent Berardi
  • Georg E. Matt
  • Marc A. Adams
  • Karen M. Wilson

Best Publications

  • The effects of a 2-year physical education program (SPARK) on physical activity and fitness in elementary school students. Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids.

    J F Sallis;T L McKenzie;J E Alcaraz;B Kolody

  • Determinants of exercise behavior.

    James F. Sallis;Melbourne F. Hovell

  • Predictors of adoption and maintenance of vigorous physical activity in men and women

    James F. Sallis;Melbourne F. Hovell;C. Richard Hofstetter

  • A multivariate study of determinants of vigorous exercise in a community sample.

    J F Sallis;M F Hovell;C R Hofstetter;P Faucher

  • Distance between homes and exercise facilities related to frequency of exercise among San Diego residents.

    J. F. Sallis;Melbourne Frank Hovell;C. R. Hofstetter;J. P. Elder

  • Ethnic, socioeconomic, and sex differences in physical activity among adolescents

    J F Sallis;J M Zakarian;M F Hovell;C R Hofstetter

  • Households contaminated by environmental tobacco smoke: sources of infant exposures

    G E Matt;P J E Quintana;M F Hovell;J T Bernert

  • Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke: Emerging Evidence and Arguments for a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda

    Georg E. Matt;Penelope J. E. Quintana;Hugo Destaillats;Lara A. Gundel

  • Predictors of Change in Children's Physical Activity Over 20 Months Variations by Gender and Level of Adiposity

    James F Sallis;John E Alcaraz;Thomas L McKenzie;Melbourne F Hovell

  • Correlates of vigorous exercise in a predominantly low SES and minority high school population.

    J.M. Zakarian;M.F. Hovell;C.R. Hofstetter;J.F. Sallis

  • Beliefs About the Health Effects of “Thirdhand” Smoke and Home Smoking Bans

    Jonathan P. Winickoff;Joan Friebely;Susanne E. Tanski;Cheryl Sherrod

  • Parental behavior in relation to physical activity and fitness in 9-year-old children.

    James F. Sallis;John E. Alcaraz;Thomas L. McKenzie;Melbourne F. Hovell

  • Explanation of vigorous physical activity during two years using social learning variables

    James F. Sallis;Melbourne F. Hovell;C.Richard Hofstetter;Elizabeth Barrington

  • Identifying correlates of walking for exercise: an epidemiologic prerequisite for physical activity promotion.

    Melbourne F. Hovell;James F. Sallis;C.Richard Hofstetter;Vivien M. Spry

  • Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions.

    Peyton Jacob;Neal L. Benowitz;Hugo Destaillats;Lara Gundel

  • When smokers move out and non-smokers move in: residential thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure

    Georg E Matt;Penelope J E Quintana;Joy M Zakarian;Addie L Fortmann

  • Sedentary behavior and cardiovascular disease in older women: The Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health (OPACH) Study

    John Bellettiere;Michael J. LaMonte;Kelly R. Evenson;Eileen Rillamas-Sun

  • Effect of counselling mothers on their children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: randomised controlled trial

    Melbourne F Hovell;Joy M Zakarian;Georg E Matt;C Richard Hofstetter

  • Family influences on Latino and Anglo adolescents' sexual behavior

    M. Hovell;C. Sipan;E. Blumberg;C. Atkins

  • Project SPARK. Effects of physical education on adiposity in children.

    James F. Sallis;Thomas L. McKENZIE;John E. Alcaraz;Bohdan Kolody

  • tobacco smoke: sources of infant exposures Households contaminated by environmental

    C Gehrman;M Garcia;P J E Quintana;M F Hovell

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis University of California, San Diego
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
John P. Elder
John P. Elder San Diego State University
Neal L. Benowitz
Neal L. Benowitz University of California, San Francisco
Lori J. Stark
Lori J. Stark Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peyton Jacob
Peyton Jacob University of California, San Francisco
Thomas L. McKenzie
Thomas L. McKenzie San Diego State University
Bohdan Kolody
Bohdan Kolody San Diego State University
Scott W. Powers
Scott W. Powers Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)

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