Michael D Brauer

Research topics

• Climate Change and Health Impacts · 3 papers
• Air Quality and Health Impacts · 3 papers
• Energy and Environment Impacts · 2 papers
• COVID-19 impact on air quality · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Joseph Jon Frostad · 2 papers
• Kalpana Balakrishnan · 2 papers
• Bert Brunekreef · 2 papers
• Bryan Hubbell · 2 papers
• Haidong Kan · 2 papers
• Randall V. Martin · 2 papers
• C. Arden Pope · 2 papers
• Aaron van Donkelaar · 2 papers

Papers

1. Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015The Lancet · 2017 · 6,800 citations

   Background Exposure to ambient air pollution increases morbidity and mortality, and is a leading contributor to global disease burden. We explored spatial and temporal trends in mortality and burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution from 1990 to 2015…

2. Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matterProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 2,576 citations

   Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is a major global health concern. Quantitative estimates of attributable mortality are based on disease-specific hazard ratio models that incorporate risk information from multiple PM 2.5 sources (outdoor and indoor air…

3. Pollution and health: a progress updateThe Lancet Planetary Health · 2022 · 2,154 citations

   The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. We have now updated this estimate using data…