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Zhengmin Qian is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, Pollution, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Zhengmin Qian has contributed to multiple papers, some of which are prominent for their publication venues and citation count. Notable recent publications include:

  • Temporal trend and attributable risk factors of stroke burden in China, 1990-2019: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2021, The Lancet Public Health)
  • Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare premises (2020, Journal of Infection)
  • Culture Matters in Communicating the Global Response to COVID-19 (2020, Preventing Chronic Disease)
  • Potential gains in life expectancy by attaining daily ambient fine particulate matter pollution standards in mainland China: A modeling study based on nationwide data (2020, PLoS Medicine)
  • Exposure to Air Pollution during Pre-Hypertension and Subsequent Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Death: A Trajectory Analysis of the UK Biobank Cohort (2023, Environmental Health Perspectives)

Frequent co-authors in Zhengmin Qian's research collaborations include:

  • Hualiang Lin
  • Stephen Edward McMillin
  • Michael G. Vaughn
  • Guang-Hui Dong
  • Miao Cai

The scientist's work has been published extensively in various academic journals, with a large number of publications appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere

Best Publications

  • Temporal trend and attributable risk factors of stroke burden in China, 1990-2019: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Qingfeng Ma;Rui Li;Lijun Wang;Peng Yin

  • Global association between ambient air pollution and blood pressure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Bo Yi Yang;Zhengmin Qian;Steven W. Howard;Michael G. Vaughn

  • Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA): A Multicity Study of Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality

    Chit-Ming Wong;Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan;Haidong Kan;Haidong Kan;Zhengmin Qian

  • Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare premises.

    Guangming Ye;Hualiang Lin;Song Chen;Shichan Wang

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

    Hualiang Lin;Jun Tao;Yaodong Du;Tao Liu

  • Association Between Long-Term Air Pollution and Increased Blood Pressure and Hypertension in China

    Guang Hui Dong;Zhengmin Min Qian;Pamela K. Xaverius;Edwin Trevathan

  • Long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung cancer mortality: A 12-year cohort study in Northern China.

    Xi Chen;Xi Chen;Li wen Zhang;Jia ju Huang;Feng ju Song

  • Association of Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants With Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in China

    Bo Yi Yang;Yuming Guo;Iana Markevych;Zhengmin Min Qian

  • Ambient air pollution in relation to diabetes and glucose-homoeostasis markers in China: a cross-sectional study with findings from the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study

    Bo Yi Yang;Zhengmin (Min) Qian;Shanshan Li;Shanshan Li;Gongbo Chen;Gongbo Chen

  • Long-Term Effects of Ambient PM2.5 on Hypertension and Blood Pressure and Attributable Risk Among Older Chinese Adults

    Hualiang Lin;Yanfei Guo;Yang Zheng;Qian Di

  • High Temperatures Enhanced Acute Mortality Effects of Ambient Particle Pollution in the “Oven” City of Wuhan, China

    Zhengmin Qian;Qingci He;Hung Mo Lin;Hung Mo Lin;Lingli Kong

  • Mortality burden of ambient fine particulate air pollution in six Chinese cities: results from the Pearl River Delta study.

    Hualiang Lin;Tao Liu;Jianpeng Xiao;Weilin Zeng

  • Ambient air pollution and preterm birth: A prospective birth cohort study in Wuhan, China

    Zhengmin Qian;Shengwen Liang;Shaoping Yang;Edwin Trevathan

  • Short-term association between sulfur dioxide and daily mortality: the Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) study

    Haidong Kan;Chit-Ming Wong;Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan;Zhengmin Qian

  • 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

  • Maternal exposure to air pollutant PM2.5 and PM10 during pregnancy and risk of congenital heart defects.

    Bin Zhang;Shengwen Liang;Jinzhu Zhao;Zhengmin Qian

  • Association of daily cause-specific mortality with ambient particle air pollution in Wuhan, China.

    Zhengmin Qian;Qingci He;Hung Mo Lin;Lingli Kong

  • Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution (including PM1) and metabolic syndrome: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study (33CCHS).

    Bo Yi Yang;Zhengmin (Min) Qian;Shanshan Li;Shujun Fan

  • Association of polyfluoroalkyl chemical exposure with serum lipids in children.

    Xiao Wen Zeng;Zhengmin Qian;Brett Emo;Michael Vaughn

  • Exposure to Air Pollution during Pre-Hypertension and Subsequent Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Death: A Trajectory Analysis of the UK Biobank Cohort

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  • Maternal urinary cadmium concentrations in relation to preterm birth in the Healthy Baby Cohort Study in China.

    Jie Yang;Wenqian Huo;Bin Zhang;Tongzhang Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Guang-Hui Dong
Guang-Hui Dong Sun Yat-sen University
Michael G. Vaughn
Michael G. Vaughn Saint Louis University
Yiming Zhang
Yiming Zhang Fuzhou University
Hualiang Lin
Hualiang Lin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Shyamali C. Dharmage
Shyamali C. Dharmage University of Melbourne
Hong Xian
Hong Xian Saint Louis University
Tongzhang Zheng
Tongzhang Zheng Brown University
Zhipeng Bai
Zhipeng Bai Tianjin Normal University

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