Ed Avol

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ed Avol is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ed Avol has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 12 papers in Speech and Hearing and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ed Avol's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (35 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (13 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (12 papers). Ed Avol is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (35 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (13 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (12 papers). Ed Avol collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Ed Avol's co-authors include Frank D. Gilliland, Rob McConnell, Fred Lurmann, Kiros Berhane, Nino Künzli, W. James Gauderman, Talat Islam, John Peters, Michael Jerrett and John M. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ed Avol

52 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Childhood Incident Asthma and Traffic-Related Air Pollution at Home and School

2010 467 citations Rob McConnell, Talat Islam et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ed Avol United States	33	2.6k	811	661	455	420	52	3.7k
Hita Vora United States	16	2.5k 1.0×	919 1.1×	691 1.0×	306 0.7×	282 0.7×	28	3.5k
H-Erich Wichmann Germany	34	2.6k 1.0×	603 0.7×	612 0.9×	844 1.9×	204 0.5×	76	4.1k
Daniel L. Costa United States	38	3.7k 1.4×	429 0.5×	897 1.4×	270 0.6×	346 0.8×	103	4.7k
William F. McDonnell United States	33	3.5k 1.3×	513 0.6×	765 1.2×	592 1.3×	285 0.7×	71	4.7k
Helene G. Margolis United States	22	3.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	902 1.4×	807 1.8×	357 0.8×	35	5.0k
William S. Linn United States	38	2.9k 1.1×	763 0.9×	851 1.3×	578 1.3×	254 0.6×	104	4.0k
Mark Raizenne Canada	27	3.4k 1.3×	867 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	288 0.6×	492 1.2×	43	4.2k
H‐Erich Wichmann Germany	31	1.6k 0.6×	425 0.5×	467 0.7×	708 1.6×	230 0.5×	52	4.4k
Bing‐Fang Hwang Taiwan	35	2.2k 0.8×	762 0.9×	355 0.5×	577 1.3×	206 0.5×	121	3.6k
Sabit Cakmak Canada	46	4.9k 1.9×	602 0.7×	1.2k 1.8×	523 1.1×	599 1.4×	121	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ed Avol

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ed Avol

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Habre, Rima, Mariam Girguis, Robert Urman, et al.. (2020). Contribution of tailpipe and non-tailpipe traffic sources to quasi-ultrafine, fine and coarse particulate matter in southern California. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 71(2). 209–230. 53 indexed citations

Gilliland, Frank D., Ed Avol, Rob McConnell, et al.. (2017). The Effects of Policy-Driven Air Quality Improvements on Children's Respiratory Health.. PubMed. 1–75. 24 indexed citations

Breton, Carrie V., Jin Yao, Lu Gao, et al.. (2016). Prenatal Air Pollution Exposures, DNA Methyl Transferase Genotypes, and Associations with Newborn LINE1 and Alu Methylation and Childhood Blood Pressure and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Children’s Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(12). 1905–1912. 77 indexed citations

Spalt, Elizabeth W., Cynthia L. Curl, Ryan W. Allen, et al.. (2015). Time–location patterns of a diverse population of older adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 26(4). 349–355. 67 indexed citations

Zhang, Rui, T. Duhl, Muhammad T. Salam, et al.. (2014). Development of a regional-scale pollen emission and transport modeling framework for investigating the impact of climate change on allergic airway disease. Biogeosciences. 11(6). 1461–1478. 64 indexed citations

Duhl, T., Renyi Zhang, Alex Guenther, et al.. (2013). The Simulator of the Timing and Magnitude of Pollen Season (STaMPS) model: a pollen production model for regional emission and transport modeling. 12 indexed citations

Breton, Carrie V., Xinhui Wang, Wendy J. Mack, et al.. (2012). Childhood Air Pollutant Exposure and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Young Adults. Circulation. 126(13). 1614–1620. 39 indexed citations

Dratva, Julia, Carrie V. Breton, Howard N. Hodis, et al.. (2012). Birth Weight and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness. The Journal of Pediatrics. 162(5). 906–911.e2. 27 indexed citations

Allen, Ryan W., Sara D. Adar, Ed Avol, et al.. (2012). Modeling the Residential Infiltration of Outdoor PM _2.5 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(6). 824–830. 144 indexed citations

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Islam, Talat, Robert Urman, W. James Gauderman, et al.. (2011). Parental Stress Increases the Detrimental Effect of Traffic Exposure on Children's Lung Function. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(7). 822–827. 62 indexed citations

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Islam, Talat, Rob McConnell, W. James Gauderman, et al.. (2007). Ozone, Oxidant Defense Genes, and Risk of Asthma during Adolescence. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(4). 388–395. 79 indexed citations

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McConnell, Rob, Kiros Berhane, Ling Yao, et al.. (2006). Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(5). 766–772. 496 indexed citations

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Künzli, Nino, Ed Avol, Jun Wu, et al.. (2006). Health Effects of the 2003 Southern California Wildfires on Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(11). 1221–1228. 195 indexed citations

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Li, Yufen, W. James Gauderman, Ed Avol, Louis Dubeau, & Frank D. Gilliland. (2006). Associations of Tumor Necrosis Factor G-308A with Childhood Asthma and Wheezing. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 173(9). 970–976. 85 indexed citations

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Thorne, Peter S., Nervana Metwali, Ed Avol, & Rob McConnell. (2005). Surface Sampling for Endotoxin Assessment using Electrostatic Wiping Cloths. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 49(5). 401–6. 14 indexed citations

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Salam, Muhammad T., Harold S. Margolis, R. B. McConnell, et al.. (2005). Mode of Delivery Is Associated With Asthma and Allergy Occurrences in Children. Annals of Epidemiology. 16(5). 341–346. 91 indexed citations

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Künzli, Nino, Rob McConnell, David V. Bates, et al.. (2003). Breathless in Los Angeles: The Exhausting Search for Clean Air. American Journal of Public Health. 93(9). 1494–1499. 70 indexed citations

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Linn, W S, Joseph C. Solomon, Hong Zebger‐Gong, et al.. (1996). Standardization of Multiple Spirometers at Widely Separated Times and Places. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 153(4). 1309–1313. 19 indexed citations

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Linn, W S, et al.. (1994). Effects of Prolonged, Repeated Exposure to Ozone, Sulfuric Acid, and Their Combination in Healthy and Asthmatic Volunteers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 150(2). 431–440. 41 indexed citations

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Shamoo, Deborah A., et al.. (1985). Effects of heat and humidity on the responses of exercising asthmatics to sulfur dioxide exposure.. PubMed. 131(2). 221–5. 16 indexed citations

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