
Dr Ariana Zeka
Senior Lecturer
Heinz Wolff 001A
- Email: ariana.zeka@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267359
- Environmental Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Wu, Y., Li, S., Zhao, Q., Wen, B., Gasparrini, A., Tong, S., et al. (2022) 'Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with short-term temperature variability from 2000–19: a three-stage modelling study'. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6 (5). pp. e410 - e421. ISSN: 2542-5196 Open Access Link
Wu, Y., Wen, B., Li, S., Gasparrini, A., Tong, S., Overcenco, A., et al. (2022) 'Fluctuating temperature modifies heat-mortality association around the globe'. The Innovation, 3 (2). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2666-6758 Open Access Link
Sera, F., Armstrong, B., Abbott, S., Meakin, S., O’Reilly, K., von Borries, R., et al. (2021) 'A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries'. Nature Communications, 12 (1). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Link
Tobías, A., Hashizume, M., Honda, Y., Sera, F., Ng, CFS., Kim, Y., et al. (2021) 'Geographical Variations of the Minimum Mortality Temperature at a Global Scale'. Environmental Epidemiology, 5 (5). pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 2474-7882 Open Access Link
Chen, G., Guo, Y., Yue, X., Tong, S., Gasparrini, A., Bell, ML., et al. (2021)
'Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM
Zhao, Q., Guo, Y., Ye, T., Gasparrini, A., Tong, S., Overcenco, A., et al. (2021) 'Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study'. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5 (7). pp. e415 - e425. ISSN: 2542-5196 Open Access Link
Lauriola, P., Serafini, A., Santamaria, M., Guicciardi, S., Kurotschka, PK., Leonardi, GS., et al. (2021) 'Family doctors to connect global concerns due to climate change with local actions: State-of-the art and some proposals'. World Medical and Health Policy, 13 (2). pp. 199 - 223. ISSN: 2153-2028
Vicedo-Cabrera, AM., Scovronick, N., Sera, F., Royé, D., Schneider, R., Tobias, A., et al. (2021) 'The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change'. Nature Climate Change, 11 (6). pp. 492 - 500. ISSN: 1758-678X Open Access Link
Lauriola, P., Olmedo, P., Leonardi, G., Bouland, C., Verheji, R., Duckers, M., et al. (2021) 'On the importance of primary and community healthcare in relation to global health and environmental threats: lessons from the COVID-19 crisis'. BMJ: British Medical Journal Global Health, 6 (3). pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 2059-7908 Open Access Link
Landrigan, PJ., Stegeman, JJ., Fleming, LE., Allemand, D., Anderson, DM., Backer, LC., et al. (2020) 'Human health and ocean pollution'. Annals of Global Health, 86 (1). pp. 1 - 64. ISSN: 2214-9996 Open Access Link
Lee, W., Kim, Y., Sera, F., Gasparrini, A., Park, R., Michelle Choi, H., et al. (2020) 'Projections of excess mortality related to diurnal temperature range under climate change scenarios: a multi-country modelling study'. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4 (11). pp. e512 - e521. ISSN: 2542-5196 Open Access Link
Zeka, A., Tobias, A., Leonardi, G., Bianchi, F., Lauriola, P., Crabbe, H., et al. (2020) 'Responding to COVID-19 requires strong epidemiological evidence of environmental and societal determining factors'. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4 (9). pp. e375 - e376. ISSN: 2542-5196 Open Access Link
Parrish, R., Colbourn, T., Lauriola, P., Leonardi, G., Hajat, S. and Zeka, A. (2020) 'A critical analysis of the drivers of human migration patterns in the presence of climate change: A new conceptual model'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (17). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 1661-7827 Open Access Link
Lauriola, P., Crabbe, H., Behbod, B., Yip, F., Medina, S., Semenza, JC., et al. (2020) 'Advancing global health through environmental and public health tracking'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (6). pp. 1976 - 1976. ISSN: 1661-7827 Open Access Link
Zeka, A., Leonardi, G. and Lauriola, P. (2020) 'Climate change and ecological public health: an integrated framework.', in Guerriero, C. (ed.) Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions. Elsevier. pp. 185 - 185. ISBN 13: 9780128128855. Open Access Link
Zeka, A., Cao, L., Liu, Q., Leonardi, G., Nichols, G., Hajat, S., et al. (2019) 'Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and climate variability in China'.the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Utrecht, the Netherlands. 1 - 29 August. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). pp. 461 - 461. ISSN: 2474-7882 Open Access Link
W, L., H, C., M, C., J, J., C, K. and H, K. (2019) 'Projections of diurnal temperature range and diurnal temperature range-related excess mortality under climate change'. Environmental Epidemiology, 3. pp. 226 - 227. ISSN: 2474-7882
Armstrong, B., Sera, F., Vicedo-Cabrera, AM., Abrutzky, R., Åström, DO., Bell, ML., et al. (2019) 'The role of humidity in associations of high temperature with mortality: A multicountry, multicity study'. Environmental Health Perspectives, 127 (9). pp. 097007-1-097007-8. ISSN: 0091-6765 Open Access Link
Lee, JY., Kim, H., Gasparrini, A., Armstrong, B., Bell, ML., Sera, F., et al. (2019) 'Predicted temperature-increase-induced global health burden and its regional variability'. Environment International, 131 (October 2019). pp. 105027 - 105027. ISSN: 0160-4120 Open Access Link
Lauriola, P., Parrish, R., Leonardi, G., Colbourn, T., Hajat, S. and Zeka, A. (2019) 'I determinanti dei movimenti migratori in conseguenza di cambiamenti climatici: brevi spunti introduttivi [Some hints on the drivers of human migrations due to climate change]'. Sistema Salute: La Rivista italiana di educazione sanitaria e promozione della salute, 63 (2). pp. 196 - 210. ISSN: 2280-0166 Open Access Link
Lauriola, P., Pegoraro, S., Serafini, A., Leonardi, GS., Agius, R., Zeka, A., et al. (2018) 'Sentinel Practitioners for the Environment and their Role in Connecting up Global Concerns due to Climate Change with Local Actions: How to Spread Awareness and Skills all over the World'. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2018 (1). ISSN: 1078-0475
Vicedo-Cabrera, AM., Guo, Y., Sera, F., Huber, V., Schleussner, CF., Mitchell, D., et al. (2018) 'Temperature-related mortality impacts under and beyond Paris Agreement climate change scenarios'. Climatic Change, 150 (3-4). pp. 391 - 402. ISSN: 0165-0009 Open Access Link
Guo, Y., Gasparrini, A., Li, S., Sera, F., Vicedo-Cabrera, AM., de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, M., et al. (2018) 'Quantifying excess deaths related to heatwaves under climate change scenarios: A multicountry time series modelling study'. PLoS Medicine, 15 (7). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 1549-1277 Open Access Link
Parrish, R., Zeka, A., Colbourn, T., Lauriola, P., Hajat, S. and Leonardi, G. (2018) 'P II – 1–6 A critical analysis of the drivers of human migration patterns in the presence of contemporary climate change: presentation of a new conceptual model'.ISEE Young 2018, Early Career Researchers Conference on Environmental Epidemiology – Together for a Healthy Environment, 19–20 March 2018, Freising, Germany. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Oliverio, S., Varlet, V., Zeka, A. and Leonardi, G. (2018) 'P I – 3–9 The burden of carbon monoxide exposure on public health: evaluating the role of carboxyhaemoglobin (cohb) as a biomarker and exploring new approaches for quantification'.ISEE Young 2018, Early Career Researchers Conference on Environmental Epidemiology – Together for a Healthy Environment, 19–20 March 2018, Freising, Germany. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
De Sario, M., Pasetto, R., Vecchi, S., Zeka, A., Hoek, G., Michelozzi, P., et al. (2018) 'A scoping review of the epidemiological methods used to investigate the health effects of industrially contaminated sites'. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, 42 (5-6). pp. 59 - 68. ISSN: 1120-9763
Vicedo-Cabrera, AM., Sera, F., Guo, Y., Chung, Y., Arbuthnott, K., Tong, S., et al. (2017) 'A multi-country analysis on potential adaptive mechanisms to cold and heat in a changing climate'. Environment International, 111. pp. 239 - 246. ISSN: 0160-4120 Open Access Link
Gasparrini, A., Guo, Y., Sera, F., Vicedo-Cabrera, AM., Huber, V., Tong, S., et al. (2017) 'Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios'. The Lancet Planetary Health, 1 (9). pp. e360 - e367. ISSN: 2542-5196 Open Access Link
Lee, W., Bell, ML., Gasparrini, A., Armstrong, BG., Sera, F., Hwang, S., et al. (2017) 'Mortality burden of diurnal temperature range and its temporal changes: A multi-country study'. Environment International, 110. pp. 123 - 130. ISSN: 0160-4120
Armstrong, B., Bell, ML., Coelho, MDSZS., Guo, YLL., Guo, Y., Goodman, P., et al. (2017) 'Longer-term impact of high and low temperature on mortality: An international study to clarify length of mortality displacement'. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125 (10). pp. 107009 - 107009. ISSN: 0091-6765 Open Access Link
Guo, Y., Gasparrini, A., Armstrong, BG., Tawatsupa, B., Tobias, A., Lavigne, E., et al. (2017) 'Heat wave and mortality: A multicountry, multicommunity study'. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125 (8). pp. 087006 - 087006. ISSN: 0091-6765 Open Access Link
Anto, JM., Bertollini, R., Bukhtiyarov, I., Bulat, P., Dewolf, M-C., Fleming, LE., et al. (2017) 'Setting research priorities in environment and health. Report of a meeting in Cascais, Portugal, 27-28 April. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. 2017. World Health Organisation Reports.'. Place of publication: World Health Organisation. Available at: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/Climate-change/publications/2017/setting-research-priorities-in-environment-and-health.-report-of-a-meeting-2017.Open Access Link
Narduzzi, S., Pirastu, R., Zeka, A. and Ancona, C. (2017) 'Association or causation in miamas as and mixtures: Bradford Hill and beyond'. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, 41 (1). pp. 9 - 10. ISSN: 1120-9763
Al Wahaibi, A. and Zeka, A. (2015) 'Respiratory and allergic health effects in a young population in proximity of a major industrial park in Oman'. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. (online first), 70 (2). pp. 174 - 180. ISSN: 1470-2738 Open Access Link
Henschel, S., Le Tertre, A., Atkinson, R., Querol, X., Pandofli, M., Zeka, A., et al. (2015) 'Trends of nitrogen oxides in ambient air in nine European cities between 1999 and 2010'. Atmospheric Environment, 117. pp. 234 - 241. ISSN: 1352-2310 Open Access Link
Al-Wahaibi, A. and Zeka, A. (2015) 'Health impacts from living near a major industrial park in Oman'. BMC Public Health, 15 (1). pp. 524. ISSN: 1471-2458
Al-Wahaibi, A. and Zeka, A. (2015) 'Health impacts from living near a major industrial park in Oman'. BMC Public Health, 15 (1).Open Access Link
Zeka, A., Browne, S., McAvoy, H. and Goodman, P. (2014) 'The association of cold weather and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the island of Ireland between 1984 and 2007'. Environmental Health, 13 (1). pp. 104. ISSN: 1476-069X Open Access Link
Stallings-Smith, S., Goodman, P., Kabir, Z., Clancy, L. and Zeka, A. (2014) 'Socioeconomic differentials in the immediate mortality effects of the national Irish smoking ban'. PLoS One, 9 (6). pp. e98617. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Chanel, OD., Henschel, S., Goodman, PG., Analitis, A., Atkinson, RW., Le Tertre, A., et al. (2014) 'Economic valuation of the mortality benefits of a regulation on SO2 in 20 European cities'. European Journal of Public Health, 24 (4). pp. 631 - 637. ISSN: 1101-1262 Open Access Link
Le Tertre, A., Henschel, S., Atkinson, RW., Analitis, A., Zeka, A., Katsoyuanni, K., et al. (2014) 'Impact of legislative changes to reduce the sulphur content in fuels in Europe on daily mortality in 20 European cities: an analysis of data from the Aphekom project'. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 7 (1). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 1873-9318
Le Tertre, A., Henschel, S., Atkinson, RW., Analitis, A., Zeka, A., Katsouyanni, K., et al. (2014) 'Impact of legislative changes to reduce the sulphur content in fuels in Europe on daily mortality in 20 European cities: An analysis of data from the Aphekom project'. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 7 (1). pp. 83 - 91. ISSN: 1873-9318
Henschel, S., Goodman, PG., Querol, X., Pandolfi, M., Atkinson, R., Zeka, A., et al. (2013) 'Ambient air SO2 patterns in 6 European cities'. Atmospheric Environment, 79. pp. 236 - 247. ISSN: 1352-2310
Zeka, A. (2013) 'Exposure assessment for epidemiology', in Kreis, IA., Busby, A., Leonardi, G., Meara, J. and Murray, V. (eds.) Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection: A handbook for field professionals. OUP Oxford. pp. 68 - 76. ISBN 10: 0191651427. ISBN 13: 9780191651427.
Browne, S., Zeka, A., Goodman, P. and McAvoy, H. (2013) 'Increased mortality from extended cold weather in Ireland 1984-2007'.International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Basel, Switzerland. 19 - 23 August. [unpublished]
Stallings-Smith, S., Zeka, A., Goodman, P., Kabir, Z. and Clancy, L. (2013) 'Socioeconomic differentials in the immediate mortality effects of the national Irish smoking ban'.International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Basel, Switzerland. 19 - 23 August. Public Library of Science (PLoS). pp. e98617 - e98617. ISSN: 1932-6203
Henschel, S., Querol, X., Atkinson, R., Pandofli, M., Zeka, A., Le Tertre, A., et al. (2013) 'Ambient air SO2 patterns in 6 European Cities: the Aphekom Project'. Atmospheric Environment, 79. pp. 236 - 247.
Stallings-Smith, S., Zeka, A., Goodman, P., Kabir, Z. and Clancy, L. (2013) 'Reductions in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory mortality following the national Irish smoking ban: Interrupted time-series analysis'. PLoS One, 8 (4). pp. e62063 - e62063. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Le Tertre, A., Henschel, S., Atkinson, R., Analitis, A., Zeka, A., Katsouyanni, K., et al. (2013) 'Impact of legislative changes to reduce the concentrations of Sulphur Dioxide on daily mortality in 20 European cities. (Forthcoming)'. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health.
Al-Wahaibi, A. and Zeka, A. (2013) 'Air pollution and health indicators in a rapidly developing industrial port in the Sultanate of Oman'.International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Basel, Switzerland, 19-23 Aug. Basel, Switzerland.Open Access Link