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Shih-Chun Candice Lung

Shih-Chun Candice Lung

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
7145
World Ranking
6453
National Ranking
19

Overview

Shih-Chun Candice Lung is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Their research primarily revolves around environmental science with a distinct focus on air quality and its implications for health. Lung's work spans several interconnected fields and themes, highlighting an ongoing engagement with the challenges and dynamics of air pollution and environmental health.

The main fields of study in Lung's research include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this overarching field, the subfields of study addressed in their publications include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Speech and Hearing

The key topics of investigation by Lung cover areas such as:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Vehicle Emissions and Performance
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Lung include:

  • "Using a land use regression model with machine learning to estimate ground level PM2.5," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "A versatile low-cost sensing device for assessing PM2.5 spatiotemporal variation and quantifying source contribution," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Spatial-temporal variability and health impact of particulate matter during a 2019-2020 biomass burning event in Southeast Asia," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Application of Machine Learning for the in-Field Correction of a PM2.5 Low-Cost Sensor Network," 2020, Sensors
  • "Global greenness in relation to reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases: ischemic heart disease and stroke," 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Lung frequently collaborates with several researchers, among whom the most common co-authors are:

  • Chih-Da Wu
  • Huey-Jen Su
  • Yu-Cheng Chen
  • Pei-Yi Wong
  • Aji Kusumaning Asri

Publications by Lung have appeared in various scientific journals, with multiple contributions in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
  • Sensors

Lung's research employs techniques such as machine learning, land use regression modeling, and low-cost sensing technologies to explore particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, its spatiotemporal variations, and its health impacts. This multidisciplinary approach is evident across their studies addressing air pollution monitoring, source attribution, and environmental health risk assessment.

Best Publications

  • "What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health"

    J. Jason West;Aaron Cohen;Frank Dentener;Bert Brunekreef

  • Higher temperature and urbanization affect the spatial patterns of dengue fever transmission in subtropical Taiwan

    Pei-Chih Wu;Jinn-Guey Lay;How-Ran Guo;Chuan-Yao Lin

  • Sources, solubility, and dry deposition of aerosol trace elements over the East China Sea

    Shih-Chieh Hsu;George T.F. Wong;Gwo-Ching Gong;Fuh-Kwo Shiah;Fuh-Kwo Shiah

  • Linking Student Performance in Massachusetts Elementary Schools with the ``Greenness'' of School Surroundings Using Remote Sensing

    Chih Da Wu;Eileen McNeely;J. G. Cedeño-Laurent;Wen Chi Pan

  • Size-Resolved Anhydrosugar Composition in Smoke Aerosol from Controlled Field Burning of Rice Straw

    Guenter Engling;James J. Lee;Yi-Wen Tsai;Shih-Chun C. Lung

  • An Open Framework for Participatory PM2.5 Monitoring in Smart Cities

    Ling-Jyh Chen;Yao-Hua Ho;Hu-Cheng Lee;Hsuan-Cho Wu

  • Effects of extreme precipitation to the distribution of infectious diseases in Taiwan, 1994-2008.

    Mu Jean Chen;Chuan Yao Lin;Yi Ting Wu;Pei Chih Wu

  • Using a land use regression model with machine learning to estimate ground level PM2.5.

    Pei-Yi Wong;Hsiao-Yun Lee;Yu-Cheng Chen;Yu-Ting Zeng

  • Chemical speciation, transport and contribution of biomass burning smoke to ambient aerosol in Guangzhou, a mega city of China

    Zhisheng Zhang;Guenter Engling;Chuan-Yao Lin;Charles C.-K. Chou

  • Land-use regression with long-term satellite-based greenness index and culture-specific sources to model PM2.5 spatial-temporal variability.

    Chih Da Wu;Yu Cheng Chen;Wen Chi Pan;Yu Ting Zeng

  • A hybrid kriging/land-use regression model to assess PM2.5 spatial-temporal variability.

    Chih Da Wu;Yu Ting Zeng;Shih Chun Candice Lung;Shih Chun Candice Lung

  • Indoor air pollution from gas cooking in five Taiwanese families

    Kuo Pin Yu;Ke Ruo Yang;Yen Chi Chen;Jia You Gong

  • Variations of Cd/Pb and Zn/Pb ratios in Taipei aerosols reflecting long-range transport or local pollution emissions.

    Shih-Chieh Hsu;Shaw Chen Liu;Woei-Lih Jeng;Fei-Jan Lin

  • Generation rates and emission factors of particulate matter and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of incense sticks.

    Shih-Chun Candice Lung;Shu-Chuan Hu

  • Fast analysis of 29 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitro-PAHs with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure photoionization-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Shih-Chun Candice Lung;Chun-Hu Liu

  • Can green structure reduce the mortality of cardiovascular diseases

    Yu-Sheng Shen;Shih-Chun Candice Lung;Shih-Chun Candice Lung

  • A criterion for identifying Asian dust events based on Al concentration data collected from northern Taiwan between 2002 and early 2007

    Shih-Chieh Hsu;Shaw Chen Liu;Yi-Tang Huang;Yi-Tang Huang;Shih-Chun Candice Lung;Shih-Chun Candice Lung

  • Biogenic isoprene in subtropical urban settings and implications for air quality

    Jia Lin Wang;Clock Chew;Chih Yuan Chang;Wei Cheng Liao

  • Contribution of incense burning to indoor PM10 and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under two ventilation conditions.

    S.-C. C. Lung;M.-C. Kao;S.-C. Hu

  • Mediation pathways and effects of green structures on respiratory mortality via reducing air pollution

    Yu-Sheng Shen;Shih-Chun Candice Lung;Shih-Chun Candice Lung

  • High wintertime particulate matter pollution over an offshore island (Kinmen) off southeastern China: An overview

    S. C. Hsu;S. C. Liu;F. Tsai;G. Engling;G. Engling

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Spengler
John D. Spengler Harvard University
Shaw Chen Liu
Shaw Chen Liu Jinan University
Shih-Chieh Hsu
Shih-Chieh Hsu Academia Sinica
Guenter Engling
Guenter Engling Desert Research Institute
Chuan-Yao Lin
Chuan-Yao Lin Academia Sinica
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Chih-Chung Chang
Chih-Chung Chang National Taiwan University
Charles C.-K. Chou
Charles C.-K. Chou Academia Sinica
Jia-Lin Wang
Jia-Lin Wang National Central University
Fuh-Kwo Shiah
Fuh-Kwo Shiah Academia Sinica

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