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Patrick L. Kinney

Patrick L. Kinney

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
97
Citations
33855
World Ranking
438
National Ranking
202

Overview

Patrick L. Kinney is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. They have produced significant contributions in areas such as pollution, environmental engineering, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Urban Green Space and Health

Among their recent publications are notable reports centered on the intersection of health and climate change:

  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises (2020, The Lancet)
  • The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels (2022, The Lancet)
  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future (2021, The Lancet)
  • The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms (2023, The Lancet)
  • Air pollution reduction and mortality benefit during the COVID-19 outbreak in China (2020, The Lancet Planetary Health)

Patrick L. Kinney frequently collaborates with other researchers, with several coauthors contributing to multiple works together. Frequent collaborators include Priyanka deSouza, Darby Jack, Susan C. Anenberg, Kwaku Poku Asante, and Seyram Kaali.

The scientist's work is often published in high-impact venues, reflecting their research focus and field of study. These venues include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • The Lancet
  • The Lancet Planetary Health

Best Publications

  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises.

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future.

    Marina Romanello;Alice McGushin;Claudia Di Napoli;Paul Drummond

  • Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

    Fay H. Johnston;Sarah B. Henderson;Yang Chen;James T. Randerson

  • Effects of transplacental exposure to environmental pollutants on birth outcomes in a multiethnic population.

    Frederica P. Perera;Virginia Rauh;Wei Yann Tsai;Patrick Kinney

  • Prenatal Insecticide Exposures and Birth Weight and Length among an Urban Minority Cohort

    Robin M. Whyatt;Virginia Rauh;Dana B. Barr;David E. Camann

  • Effect of prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on neurodevelopment in the first 3 years of life among inner-city children.

    Frederica P. Perera;Virginia Rauh;Robin M. Whyatt;Wei Yann Tsai;Wei Yann Tsai

  • Particulate Matter Exposure and Stress Hormone Levels: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial of Air Purification

    Huichu Li;Jing Cai;Renjie Chen;Zhuohui Zhao

  • Climate change, air quality, and human health.

    Patrick L. Kinney

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

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

  • Climate change, ambient ozone, and health in 50 US cities

    Michelle L. Bell;Richard Goldberg;Christian Hogrefe;Patrick L. Kinney

  • Air pollution reduction and mortality benefit during the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

    Kai Chen;Meng Wang;Conghong Huang;Patrick L Kinney

  • Seasonal Influenza Infections and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality.

    Jennifer L. Nguyen;Wan Yang;Kazuhiko Ito;Thomas D. Matte

  • Associations of daily mortality and air pollution in Los Angeles County.

    Patrick L. Kinney;Halûk Özkaynak

  • Association Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function

    Meng Wang;Meng Wang;Carrie Pistenmaa Aaron;Jaime Madrigano;Jaime Madrigano;Eric A Hoffman

  • Airborne concentrations of PM(2.5) and diesel exhaust particles on Harlem sidewalks: a community-based pilot study.

    Patrick L. Kinney;Maneesha Aggarwal;Mary E. Northridge;Nicole A.H. Janssen

  • Estimates of the Global Burden of Ambient PM2.5, Ozone, and NO2 on Asthma Incidence and Emergency Room Visits

    Susan Anenberg;Daven Henze;Veronica Tinney;Patrick Kinney

  • El Nino and health risks from landscape fire emissions in southeast Asia

    Miriam E. Marlier;Ruth S. DeFries;Apostolos Voulgarakis;Patrick L. Kinney

  • Contemporary-use pesticides in personal air samples during pregnancy and blood samples at delivery among urban minority mothers and newborns

    Robin M Whyatt;Dana B Barr;David E Camann;Patrick L Kinney

  • Energy and Human Health

    Kirk R. Smith;Howard Frumkin;Kalpana Balakrishnan;Colin D. Butler

  • Assessing ozone-related health impacts under a changing climate.

    Kim Knowlton;Joyce E. Rosenthal;Christian Hogrefe;Barry Lynn

  • Simulating changes in regional air pollution over the eastern United States due to changes in global and regional climate and emissions

    C. Hogrefe;B. Lynn;K. Civerolo;J.-Y. Ku

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven N. Chillrud
Steven N. Chillrud Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Frederica P. Perera
Frederica P. Perera Columbia University
Rachel L. Miller
Rachel L. Miller Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robin M. Whyatt
Robin M. Whyatt Columbia University
Christian Hogrefe
Christian Hogrefe Environmental Protection Agency
David Camann
David Camann Southwest Research Institute
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Cynthia Rosenzweig Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Barry Lynn
Barry Lynn Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Matthew S. Perzanowski
Matthew S. Perzanowski Columbia University
Radley M. Horton
Radley M. Horton Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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