Research

Book

Peng R Dominici F. Statistical Methods for Environmental Epidemiology
with R, Springer, NY [pdf] (to appear Summer 2008!).

NMMAPS

Reports of the Health Effects Institute (HEI)

HEI Report: NMMAPS Part I [pdf]

HEI Report: NMMAPS Part II [pdf]

HEI Report: NMMAPS Part III [pdf]

HEI Report: NMMAPS Part IV [pdf]

HEI Special Report: Revised Analyses of Time series Studies on Air Pollution and Health [pdf]

HEI Final Report on the Rosenblith Junior Investigator Award: Time Series Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality: A Statistical Review [pdf]

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

1999

Zeger S.L. Dominici F. and Samet J.M. Harvesting--Resistant Estimates of Pollution Effects on Mortality. Epidemiology, 10, 2, 171-175. [pdf]
Dominici F. Zeger S.L. and Samet J.M. Combining Evidence on Air Pollution and Daily Mortality from the Largest 20 US cities: A Hierarchical Modeling Strategy. Royal Statistical Society, Series A, with discussion, 163, 263-302 [pdf]
Dominici F. Zeger S.L. and Samet J.M. A Measurement Error Model for Time-Series Studies of Air Pollution and Mortality. Biostatistics,l 2, 157-175[pdf]
Zeger S.L. Thomas D. Dominici F. Cohen A. Schwartz J. Dockery D. and Samet J.M. Measurement Error in Time-series Studies of Air Pollution: Concepts and Consequences. Environmental Health Perspectives, 108,5, 419-426. [pdf]
Daniels M. Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Samet J.M. Estimating PM10-Mortality Dose-Response Curves and Threshold Levels: An Analysis of Daily Time-Series For the 20 Largest US Cities. American Journal of Epidemiology, with discussion, 152,5,397-412. [pdf] pictures [pdf]
Samet J.M. Dominici F. Curriero F. Coursac I. and Zeger S.L. Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality: Findings from 20 U.S. Cities. New England Journal of Medicine, 343,24,1742-1757. [pdf]

2002

Dominici F. Daniels M. Zeger S.L. Samet J.M. Air Pollution and Mortality: Estimating Regional and National Dose-Response Relationships. Journal of American Statistical Association, 97, 457, 100-111 [pdf]
Dominici F. Air Pollution and Health: what can we learn from a hierarchical approach? Invited Commentary on the paper by Hwang and Chan: Air Pollution effects on daily clinic visits for lower respiratory illness. American Journal of Epidemiology, 155, 1, 11-15. [pdf]
Dominici F. and McDermott A. and Zeger S.L. and Samet J.M On the Use of Generalized Additive Models in Time Series of Air Pollution and Health American Journal of Epidemiology vol 156, no 3, 193-203. [pdf]
Zeger S.L. Dominici F. McDermott A. Samet J.M. Modeling the Health Effects of Environmental Exposures: Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in Urban America [pdf] in Monitoring the Health of Populations: Statistical Methods for Public Health Surveillance, (Edited by Brookmeyer R. and Stroup D.), Oxford University Press.

2003

Dominici F. McDermott A. Zeger S.L. Samet J.M. National Maps of the Effects of PM on Mortality: Exploring Geographical Variation [pdf] Environmental Health Perspectives vol 111 no 1, 39-43
Samet J.M. Dominici F. McDermott A. Zeger S.L. New Problems for an Old Design: Time-Series Analyses of Air Pollution and Health [pdf] Epidemiology vol 14 no 1 11-12
Dominici F. Sheppard L. and Clyde M. Health Effects of Air Pollution: A Statistical Review [pdf] International Statistical Review vol 71, 243-276.
Dominici F. McDermott A. Zeger S.L. and Samet J.M. Airborne Particulate Matter and Mortality: Time-Scale Effects in Four US Cities. [pdf] commentary by Richard L. Smith [pdf] rejoinder by the authors [pdf] American Journal of Epidemiology, vol 157, pages 1055-1073

[software]

Dominici F. Daniels M. McDermott A. Zeger S.L. Samet J.M. Re-analyses of the NMMAPS Data Base: Shape of the Exposure-Response Relationship and Mortality Displacement [pdf]
Burnett R. Dewanji A. Dominici F. Goldberg M. Cohen A. Krewski D. On the Relationship Between Time Series Studies, Dynamic Population Studies, and Estimating Life Lost Due to Short-Term Exposure to Environmental Risks [pdf] abstract [pdf] Environmental Health Perspective vol 111, 1170-1174

2004

Bell M. Samet J.M. Dominici F. Time-Series Studies of Particulate Matter [pdf] Annual Review of Public Health, vol 25, 247-280
Daniels M. Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Underestimation of Standard Errors in Multi Site Time Series Studies [pdf] Epidemiology, vol 15, 56-62
Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Zanobetti A. Schwartz J. and Samet J.M. Hierarchical Bivariate Time-Series Models: A Combined Analysis of the Effects of Particulate Matter on Morbidity and Mortality [pdf] Biostatistics, vol 5, 341-360
Dominici F. McDermott A. Hastie T. Improved Semi-Parametric Time Series Models of Air Pollution and Mortality, [pdf] [Software] Journal of American Statistical Association, 468, 938-948.
Dominici F. Cole S. Spiegelman D. Methodological Contributions to American Journal of Epidemiology [pdf] American Journal of Epidemiology, 160, 197-198.
Bell, M. McDermott, A. Zeger, S.L. Samet, J.M. and Dominici, F. Ozone and Short-Term Mortality in 95 US Urban Communities, 1987-2000 [pdf] [Software] Journal of American Medical Association, 292, 2371-2378 [listen to the NPR interview]
Basu R. Dominici F. Samet J.M. Temperature and Mortality Among the Elderly in the United States: A Comparison of Epidemiological Methods Epidemiology, 16, 58-59 [pdf]

2005

Huang Y. Dominici F. Bell M. Bayesian Hierarchical Distributed Lag Models for Summer Ozone Exposure and Cardio-Respiratory Mortality Environmetrics, 16, 547-562 [pdf]
Peng R. Dominici F. Pastor-Barriuso R. Zeger S.L. Samet J.M. Seasonal Analyses of Air Pollution and Mortality in 100 U.S. Cities [pdf] American Journal of Epidemiology, 161, 585-594. Software and data available at [url link]
Dominici F. Levy J.I. Louis T.L. Methodological Challenges and Contributions in Disaster Epidemiology [pdf] Epidemiologic Review, 27, 1-4
Bell M. Dominici F. Samet J.M. A Meta-analysis of Ozone and Mortality with Comparison to the National Morbidity Mortality Air Pollution Study [pdf] Fig 1 [pdf] Fig 2 [pdf] Fig 3 [pdf] Epidemiology, 16, 436-445.

2006

Buja A. Mastrangelo Perissinotto E. Rausa G. Canova C. Grigoletto F. Dominici F Cancer incidence among female cabin attendants: A meta-analysis of published data Journal of Women's Health, [pdf]
Peng R. Dominici F. Louis T. Model Choice in Multi-Site Time Series Studies of Air Pollution and Mortality Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A with discussion, 169, Part 2, 179-203 [pdf]
Peng R. Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Reproducible Epidemiological Research, American Journal of Epidemiology, 163, 783-789 [pdf] [press release]
Symons JM, Wang L, Guallar E, Howell E, Dominici F, Schwab M, Ange BA, Samet J, Ondov J, Harrison D, and Geyh A. A case-crossover study of fine particulate matter air pollution and congestive heart failure symptom onset leading to hospitalization. American Journal of Epidemiology, 164, 421-433 [pdf]
Bell M Peng R Dominici F The Exposure-Response Curve for Ozone and Risk of Mortality and the Adequacy of Current Ozone Regulations Environmental Health Perspectives, 114, 532-536 [pdf] [New York Times article]

Dominici F Peng R Bell M Pham L McDermott A Zeger S Samet J Fine Particles Air Pollution and Hospital Admission for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Journal of American Medical Association, 295,1127-1135 [pdf] [press release] [NPR live interview] [Radio Vaticana live interview, in italian, use Real Player]

2007

Welty L. Zeger S.L. Dominici F. Bayesian Distributed Lag Modes: Estimating Effects of Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Mortality, Biometrics [pdf]
Bell M. Dominici F. Effects Modification by Community Characteristics on the Short-Term Effects of Ozone on Mortality in 98 U.S. Communities, American Journal of Epidemiology [pdf]
Bell M. Dominici F. Ebisu K. Zeger S.L. Samet J.M. Spatial and Temporal Variation in PM2.5 Chemical Composition in the United States for Health Effects Studies (2000-2005), Environmental Health Perspectives [pdf]
Dominici F, Peng RD, Zeger SL, White R H., Samet J.M. Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in the United States: Have the Risks Changed from 1987 to 2000? American Journal of Epidemiology, with discussion [pdf]
Dominici F, Peng RD, Ebisu K, Zeger SL, Samet JM, Bell M. Does the Effect of PM10 on Mortality Depend on PM Nickel and Vanadium Content? A Reanalysis of the NMMAPS Data, Environmental Health Perspectives [pdf]
Crainiceanu C.M. Dominici F. Parmigiani G. Adjustment Uncertainty in Effect Estimation, Biometrika [pdf]
Dominici F, Kramer S, Zambelli-Weiner A The role of epidemiology in the law: a toxic tort litigation case, Law, Probability, and Risk [pdf]
Zhou Y. Dominici F. Louis T. Racial Disparities in Mortality Rates in a Sample of the U.S. Medicare Population, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C [pdf]
Bell M Kim JY, Dominici F. Potential confounding of particulate matter on the short-term association between ozone and mortality in multi-site time series studies. Environmental Health Perspectives[pdf]

2008

Eftim S Janes H, McDermott A, Samet J.M. Dominici F. A Comparative Analysis of the Chronic Effects of Fine Particulate Matter, Epidemiology [pdf]
Dominici F. Wang C. Crainiceanu CM, Parmigiani G. Model Selection and Health Effect Estimation in Environmental Epidemiology, Epidemiology, to appear [pdf] .
Peng R, Dominici F.,Welty L. A Bayesian Hierarchical Distributed Lag Model for Constrained Distributed Lag Functions: Estimating the Time Course of Hospitalization Associated with Air Pollution Exposure, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (under revision).
Zhou Y, Dominici F, Louis T. Smoothing Approaches for Exploring Ecological Bias, Annals of Applied Statistics (under revision)

COMBINING INFORMATION (Papers from my PhD Thesis)

1997

Dominici F. Parmigiani G. Wolpert R. and Reckhow K. Combining Information from Related Regressions. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 2, 3, 294-312. [ps]

1999

Dominici F Parmigiani G Wolpert R and Hasselblad V Meta-analysis of Migraine Headache Treatments: Combining information from heterogeneous designs. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 94, 445,16-28. [ps]
Dominici F. Combining Contingency Tables with Missing Dimensions. Biometrics, 56, 2, 546-553 [pdf]

2000

Dominici F. Parmigiani G. and Clyde M. Conjugate Analysis of Multivariate Normal Data With Incomplete Observations. Canadian Journal of Statistics, 28,7, 533-550 [ps]

TOXICOLOGY

2001

Dominici F. and Parmigiani G. Bayesian Semi-parametric Analysis Of Developmental Toxicology Data. Biometrics, 57, 166-173. [pdf]

HEALTH ECONOMICS

2003

Johnson E. Dominici F. Griswold M. and Zeger S.L. Disease Cases and Their Medical Costs Attributable to Smoking: An Analysis of the National Medical Expediture Survey. Journal of Econometrics, Vol 112, Issue 1, 1135-151 [pdf]

2005

Dominici F. Cope L. Naiman D. and Zeger S.L. Smooth Quantile Ratio Estimation (SQUARE), Biometrika,92,543-557 [pdf] click here for R software and data
Dominici F. and Zeger S.L. Smooth Quantile Ratio Estimation with Regression: Estimating Medical Expenditures for Smoking Attributable Diseases, Biostatistics, 5, 505 - 519 [pdf]

2006

Venturini S, Dominici F, Parmigiani G. Gamma Shape Mixtures for Heavy Tailed Distributions, Annals of Applied Statistics (to appear) [pdf]

HEALTH SERVICES AND RESEARCH

2002

Diette G.B. Krishnan J. Dominici F. Haponik E. Skinner E.A. Steinwachs D. Wu A.W. Asthma in Older Patients: Factor Associated with Hospitalization. Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol 162, 1123-1132. [pdf]

2004

Huang I.C. Dominici F. Frangakis C. Diette G. Damberg G. Wu A. The Impact of risk-adjustor selection and statistical approach on physician group profiles for satisfaction with asthma care, Medical Decision Making, 25, 20-35, [pdf]
Yurk R.A. Diette G.B. Skinner E. A. Dominici F. Clark R.D. Steinwachs D.M. Wu A. Predicting Patients Reported Asthma Outcomes for Adults in Managed Cares American Journal of Managed Care, May 2004, 322-328 [pdf]

2005

Huang I.C. Frangakis C. Dominici F. Diette G. Wu A. Application of propensity score approach for risk adjustment in profiling multiple physician groups on asthma care , Health Services and Research, 40, 253-278 [pdf]
Huang I.C. Diette G. Dominici F. Frangakis C. Wu A. Variations of physician group profiling indicators for asthma care, American Journal of Managed Care, 11, 38-49 [pdf]
Huang I.C. Dominici F. Frangakis C. Diette G.B. Damberg C.L. Wu A.(2005) Is risk-adjustor selection more important than statistical approach for provider profiling? Asthma as an example, Medical Decision Making, 25, 20-35 [pdf]

2007

Locke JE, Segev DL, Dominici F, Warren DS, Simpkins CE, Sonnenday CJ, Chivakula RR, Montgomery R. The Impact of Pulsatile Preservation on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation, (to appear)
Brooke SB Bruce AP, Dominici F, Makary M, Pronovost P. Reduction of in-hospital mortality among California Hospitals meeting Leapfrog quality standards for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, Journal of Vascular Surgery (under revision).

CAUSAL INFERENCE AND NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

2004

Merialdi M. Caulfield L. Zavaleta N. Figueroa A. Costigan K. M. Dominici F. DiPietro J. Randomized Controlled Trail of Prenatal Zinc Supplementation and Fetal Growth, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 79,826-830 [pdf]
Merialdi M. Caulfield L. Zavaleta N. Figueroa A. Costigan K. M. Dominici F. DiPietro J. Randomized Controlled Trail of Prenatal Zinc Supplementation and the Development of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190,1106-1112 [pdf]

2006

Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Parmigiani G. Katz J. Christian P. Estimating Percentile-Specific Effects in Counterfactual Models: A Case Study of Micronutrient Supplementation, Birth Weight, and Infant Mortality [pdf] Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, 55, 261-280

Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Parmigiani G. Katz J. Christian P. Does the effect of micronutrient supplementation on neonatal survival vary with respect to the percentiles of the birth weight distribution? [pdf] Bayesian Analysis (with discussion), 2,1-23

Katz J. Christian P. Dominici F Zeger SL Treatement effects of maternal supplementation vary by percentiles of the birth weight distribution in rural Nepal

[pdf] The Journal of Nutrition,136,1389-1394

OTHERS

2004

Jackson L. Correa A. Lees P.S.J. Dominici F. Stewart P. Breysee P.A. Matanoski G. Parental Lead Exposure and Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, Birth Defects Research, 70, 185-193. [pdf]

2005

Choi L. Dominici F. Zeger S.L. Ouyang P. Estimating Treatment Efficacy Over Time: a Logistic Regression Model for Binary Longitudinal Outcomes, Statistics in Medicine, 24, 2789-2805 [pdf]