Background Numerous studies have estimated adverse effects of short-term exposure to
ambient air pollution on public health. Few have focused on sex-differences, and results have …

Background By July 2021, Canada had received enough COVID-19 vaccines to fully
vaccinate every eligible Canadian. However, despite the availability of vaccines, some eligible …

Introduction In 2021, the ten provinces in Canada enacted COVID-19 vaccine mandates that
restricted access to non-essential businesses and services to those that could provide proof …

Background: Hospitalization and mortality (HM) have been linked to air pollution separately.
However, previous studies have not adequately compared whether air pollution is a …

Background Many studies have reported associations of individual pollutants with respiratory
hospitalization and mortality based on different populations, which makes it difficult to …

People are often concurrently exposed to numerous chemicals. Here we sought to leverage
existing large biomonitoring datasets to improve our understanding of multi-chemical …

Background This study's objective was to examine sociodemographic disparities in COVID-19
vaccine uptake and vaccination intent in the Canadian provinces by identifying factors …

Background Considerable research has been conducted on the association between
ground-level ozone (ozone) and various causes of mortality, but the relationships by age and sex (…

Numerous studies have reported adverse health effects of ambient air pollution on circulatory
health outcomes mainly based on single-pollutant models. However, limited studies have …

Humans inhale a mixture of various air pollutants, and there is ambiguity whether these
pollutants act independently or in an additive, synergistic, or antagonistic manner. We aimed to …