George S. Downward

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

George S. Downward is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, George S. Downward has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 17 papers in Pollution and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in George S. Downward's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (34 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (17 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (10 papers). George S. Downward is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (34 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (17 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (10 papers). George S. Downward collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. George S. Downward's co-authors include Roel Vermeulen, Peter Young, Qing Lan, Wei Hu, Robert S. Chapman, Guoping Wu, Boris Reiss, Wei Jie Seow, Fusheng Wei and Seton Henderson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

George S. Downward

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Identifying risk factors for COPD and adult-onset asthma: an umbrella review

2023 68 citations Lizan D. Bloemsma, Roel Vermeulen et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Assessment of personal and residential outdoor fine particulate matter exposure using low-cost sensors in a long-Covid patient population 2025 ·Environmental Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), George S. Downward, Lizan D. Bloemsma, (unknown), (unknown), Anke H. Maitland‐van der Zee, Gerard Hoek, Roel Vermeulen	0
2	Modelling PM2.5 reduction scenarios for future cardiopulmonary disease reduction 2025 ·Nature Sustainability ·(unknown), Vassilis Daioglou, (unknown), Jonathan Doelman, George S. Downward, Maria Gabriela Matias de Pinho, Detlef P. van Vuuren	1
3	Climate, Air Quality and Their Contribution to Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2025 ·Global Heart ·Stephaney Gyaase, Solomon Nyame, Kerstin Klipstein‐Grobusch, Kwaku Poku Asante, George S. Downward	0
4	Conceptual frameworks, competencies, contents and teaching methods in planetary health education for health students and professionals: a global systematic scoping review 2025 ·BMC Medical Education ·Carme Carrión, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), George S. Downward, Ardi Findyartini, Nadia Greviana, Indah Kartika Murni, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Isabel Ruíz-Mallén, Diantha Soemantri, Indah Suci Widyahening, (unknown), (unknown), Cristina O’Callaghan‐Gordo	1
5	Exposure to household air pollution in relation to stomach and esophageal cancer in Xuanwei, China 2025 ·Environment International ·Batel Blechter, Lützen Portengen, George S. Downward, Bryan A. Bassig, Wei Hu, Jason Y.Y. Wong, (unknown), Yongliang Zhang, (unknown), Jihua Li, Kaiyun Yang, Alexander P. Keil, H. Dean Hosgood, Debra T. Silverman, N. Rothman, Yunchao Huang, Roel Vermeulen, Qing Lan	1
6	Expanded PAH analysis of household air pollution in a rural region of China with high lung cancer incidence 2024 ·Environmental Pollution ·Yongliang Zhang, Kees Meliefste, Wei Hu, Lützen Portengen, Nathaniel Rothman, Boris Reiss, Jihua Li, Jun Xu, (unknown), Dingyu Liu, Flemming R. Cassee, Jason Y.Y. Wong, Roel Vermeulen, Qing Lan, George S. Downward	5
7	Physiological Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine: Insights From a Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blinded, Crossover Trial 2024 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Andjela Markovic, Vladimir Kovačević, (unknown), Duco Veen, (unknown), (unknown), George S. Downward, Diederick E. Grobbee, Maureen Cronin, Brianna M. Goodale	1
8	Early life ambient air pollution, household fuel use, and under-5 mortality in Ghana 2024 ·Environment International ·(unknown), Engelbert A. Nonterah, Kerstin Klipstein‐Grobusch, (unknown), Paul Welaga, Patrick Ansah, Perry Hystad, Roel Vermeulen, Abraham Oduro, George S. Downward	2
9	Healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages: expanding representations of determinants of health within systems dynamics and integrated assessment models 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), George S. Downward, Maria Gabriela Matias de Pinho, Detlef P. van Vuuren	1
10	The effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on PICU admissions for severe asthma exacerbations: A single‐center experience 2023 ·Pediatric Pulmonology ·(unknown), (unknown), Niels W. Rutjes, Lizan D. Bloemsma, George S. Downward, Letty A. de Weger, Suzanne W. J. Terheggen‐Lagro, Yolanda van Wijck, Anke H. Maitland‐van der Zee, (unknown)	1
11	Exposure to smoky coal combustion emissions and leukocyte Alu retroelement copy number 2023 ·Carcinogenesis ·Batel Blechter, Jason Y.Y. Wong, Wei Hu, Richard Cawthon, George S. Downward, Lützen Portengen, Yongliang Zhang, (unknown), Mohammad L. Rahman, Bu‐Tian Ji, Jihua Li, Kaiyun Yang, H. Dean Hosgood, Debra T. Silverman, Yunchao Huang, Nathaniel Rothman, Roel Vermeulen, (unknown)	2
12	The effect of the urban exposome on COVID-19 health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2023 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Anke H. Maitland‐van der Zee, (unknown), (unknown), Roel Vermeulen, George S. Downward, Lizan D. Bloemsma	3
13	The use of environmental scenarios to project future health effects: a scoping review 2023 ·The Lancet Planetary Health ·(unknown), George S. Downward, Kristie L. Ebi, Paul Lucas, Detlef P. van Vuuren	13
14	Household fuel use and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a Ghanaian cohort study 2020 ·Reproductive Health ·(unknown), Kwame Adu‐Bonsaffoh, Roel Vermeulen, Kerstin Klipstein‐Grobusch, Diederick E. Grobbee, Joyce L. Browne, George S. Downward	38
15	Personal black carbon and ultrafine particles exposures among high school students in urban China 2020 ·Environmental Pollution ·Ying Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Jian Liu, Xiaoli Zou, (unknown), Ming Zhan, Peng Zhang, Jelle Vlaanderen, Roel Vermeulen, George S. Downward	15
16	Sleep Duration across the Adult Lifecourse and Risk of Lung Cancer Mortality: A Cohort Study in Xuanwei, China 2017 ·Cancer Prevention Research ·Jason Y.Y. Wong, Bryan A. Bassig, Roel Vermeulen, Wei Hu, (unknown), Wei Jie Seow, Bu-Tian Ji, George S. Downward, Hormuzd A. Katki, Francesco Barone‐Adesi, Nathaniel Rothman, Robert S. Chapman, Qing Lan	13
17	Occupational exposure to indoor air pollution among bakery workers in Ethiopia; A comparison of electric and biomass cookstoves 2017 ·Environmental Pollution ·George S. Downward, (unknown), Leon Simons, Kees Meliefste, (unknown), Jesús Rosales Carreón, Roel Vermeulen, Lidwien A.M. Smit	30
18	Heterogeneity in coal composition and implications for lung cancer risk in Xuanwei and Fuyuan counties, China 2014 ·Environment International ·George S. Downward, Wei Hu, David J. Large, Harry Veld, Jun Xu, Boris Reiss, Guoping Wu, Fusheng Wei, Robert S. Chapman, Nat Rothman, Qing Lan, Roel Vermeulen	45
19	Evaluation of a new design of tracheal tube cuff to prevent leakage of fluid to the lungs 1998 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·Peter Young, S. Ridley, George S. Downward	39
20	Leakage of fluid past the tracheal tube cuff in a benchtop model 1997 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·Peter Young, (unknown), George S. Downward, Seton Henderson	104

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