Petros Koutrakis
Director of the EPA/Harvard University Center for Ambient Particle Health Effects
Research Interests
The development of human exposure measurement techniques and the investigation of sources, transport, and the fate of air pollutants; assessment of human exposure to ambient and indoor air pollution; environmental analytical chemistry; remote sensing; and environmental radioactivity
Related Publications
Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population. Di Q, Wang Y, Zanobetti A, Wang Y, Koutrakis P, Choirat C, Dominici F, Schwartz JD.N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 29;376(26):2513-2522.
Short term exposure to fine particulate matter and hospital admission risks and costs in the Medicare population: time stratified, case crossover study. Wei Y, Wang Y, Di Q, Choirat C, Wang Y, Koutrakis P, Zanobetti A, Dominici F, Schwartz JD.BMJ. 2019 Nov 27;367:l6258.
B vitamins attenuate the epigenetic effects of ambient fine particles in a pilot human intervention trial. Zhong J, Karlsson O, Wang G, Li J, Guo Y, Lin X, Zemplenyi M, Sanchez-Guerra M, Trevisi L, Urch B, Speck M, Liang L, Coull BA, Koutrakis P, Silverman F, Gold DR, Wu T, Baccarelli AA.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Mar 28;114(13):3503-3508.
Home environmental and lifestyle factors associated with asthma, rhinitis and wheeze in children in Beijing, China. Huang S, Garshick E, Weschler LB, Hong C, Li J, Li L, Qu F, Gao D, Zhou Y, Sundell J, Zhang Y, Koutrakis P.Environ Pollut. 2020 Jan;256:113426.
Acute effects of fine particulate matter constituents on mortality: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Achilleos S, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Wu CD, Schwartz JD, Koutrakis P, Papatheodorou SI.Environ Int. 2017 Dec;109:89-100.
Traffic-related Air Pollution and Pregnancy Loss. Kioumourtzoglou MA, Raz R, Wilson A, Fluss R, Nirel R, Broday DM, Yuval, Hacker MR, McElrath TF, Grotto I, Koutrakis P, Weisskopf MG.Epidemiology. 2019 Jan;30(1):4-10.
Extreme temperatures and mortality in Kuwait: Who is vulnerable? Alahmad B, Shakarchi AF, Khraishah H, Alseaidan M, Gasana J, Al-Hemoud A, Koutrakis P, Fox MA.Sci Total Environ. 2020 Aug 25;732:139289.
Classroom indoor PM2.5 sources and exposures in inner-city schools. Carrion-Matta A, Kang CM, Gaffin JM, Hauptman M, Phipatanakul W, Koutrakis P, Gold DR.Environ Int. 2019 Oct;131:104968.
Unconventional oil and gas development and ambient particle radioactivity. Li L, Blomberg AJ, Spengler JD, Coull BA, Schwartz JD, Koutrakis P.Nat Commun. 2020 Oct 13;11(1):5002.