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Boris A. Portnov
IsraelLightEnvironmental ExposureLightingAir pollutionartificial light at night (ALAN)AsiaDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesGeographic Factors
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Light pollution in USA and Europe: The good, the bad and the ugly
with Fabio Falchi, Riccardo Furgoni, Terrel A. Gallaway, Nataliya A. Rybnikova +3
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52 papers in the corpus · 1997–2026Investigating the combined effect of artificial light at night and noise on educational achievements of schoolchildren.41940469 · Shama, Hassan, Portnov, Boris A2026 · 0 citationsChronobiology international. 2026;43(8):1177-1193
Investigating the Combined Effect of Artificial Light at Night and Noise on Sleep Quality of High School Students.41645901 · Shama, Hassan, Tzischinsky, Orna, Portnov, Boris A2026 · 0 citationsJournal of sleep research. 2026;35(4):e70301
Managing stream restoration: Framing and assessing the stream ecosystem services and biodiversity index (SESBI).40440944 · Michael-Bitton, Geula, Zemah-Shamir, Shiri, Portnov, Boris2025 · 7 citationsJournal of environmental management. 2025;388:125938
Ambient exposure to nitrogen dioxide and lung function: a multi-metric approach.40107991 · Raz-Maman, Carmel, Borochov-Greenberg, Nili, Lefkowitz, Rafael Y et al.2025 · 3 citationsEnvironmental monitoring and assessment. 2025;197(4):439
Disaggregating the effects of daytime and nighttime light exposures on obesity, overweight, prostate and breast cancer morbidity worldwide.37013806 · Sirhan-Atalla, Maram, Gabinet, Nahum M, Portnov, Boris A2023 · 9 citationsChronobiology international. 2023;40(4):483-514
Investigating the combined effect of ALAN and noise on sleep by simultaneous real-time monitoring using low-cost smartphone devices.35931188 · Gabinet, Nahum M, Portnov, Boris A2022 · 13 citationsEnvironmental research. 2022;214(Pt 2):113941
Using mobile phones as light at night and noise measurement instruments: a validation test in real world conditions.34465262 · Gabinet, Nahum M, Shama, Hassan, Portnov, Boris A2022 · 5 citationsChronobiology international. 2022;39(1):26-44
Assessing the impacts of ALAN and noise proxies on sleep duration and quality: evidence from a nation-wide survey in Israel.33612016 · Gabinet, Nahum M, Portnov, Boris A2021 · 26 citationsChronobiology international. 2021;38(5):638-658
Linking nighttime outdoor lighting attributes to pedestrians' feeling of safety: An interactive survey approach.33170899 · Portnov, Boris A, Saad, Rami, Trop, Tamar et al.2021 · 76 citationsPloS one. 2020;15(11):e0242172
Coloring Panchromatic Nighttime Satellite Images: Comparing the Performance of Several Machine Learning Methods2008.09303v2 · N. Rybnikova, B. A. Portnov, E. M. Mirkes et al.2020 · 10 citationsIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, Art no. 4702715. 2022
Characterization of Localities with a High Likelihood of Illicit Connections between Runoff and Sewage Systems.32170376 · Levin, Rivka, Housh, Mashor, Portnov, Boris A2021 · 3 citationsEnvironmental management. 2020;65(6):748-757
Forecasting health effects potentially associated with the relocation of a major air pollution source.31901630 · Broitman, Dani, Portnov, Boris A2020 · 17 citationsEnvironmental research. 2020;182:109088
Prevalence of Asthma among Young Men Residing in Urban Areas with Different Sources of Air Pollution.31814340 · Greenberg, Nili, Carel, Rafael S, Dubnov, Jonathan et al.2019 · 7 citationsThe Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ. 2019;21(12):785-789
Estimating the effectiveness of different environmental law enforcement policies on illegal C&D waste dumping in Israel.31698228 · Seror, Nissim, Portnov, Boris A2019 · 78 citationsWaste management (New York, N.Y.). 2020;102:241-248
Light pollution in USA and Europe: The good, the bad and the ugly.31362173 · Falchi, F, Furgoni, R, Gallaway, T A et al.2019 · 148 citationsJournal of environmental management. 2019;248:109227on Valency
Spatial identification of environmental health hazards potentially associated with adverse birth outcomes.30519916 · Svechkina, Alina, Portnov, Boris A2019 · 2 citationsEnvironmental science and pollution research international. 2019;26(4):3578-3592
Kernel density analysis reveals a halo pattern of breast cancer incidence in Connecticut.30390929 · Rybnikova, Natalya, Stevens, Richard G, Gregorio, David I et al.2019 · 15 citationsSpatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology. 2018;26:143-151
Environmental risk factors associated with low birth weight: The case study of the Haifa Bay Area in Israel.29778968 · Svechkina, Alina, Dubnov, Jonathan, Portnov, Boris A2019 · 23 citationsEnvironmental research. 2018;165:337-348
Population-level study links short-wavelength nighttime illumination with breast cancer incidence in a major metropolitan area.29768068 · Rybnikova, Nataliya, Portnov, Boris A2019 · 35 citationsChronobiology international. 2018;35(9):1198-1208
Identifying areas under potential risk of illegal construction and demolition waste dumping using GIS tools.29402616 · Seror, Nissim, Portnov, Boris A2018 · 100 citationsWaste management (New York, N.Y.). 2018;75:22-29
Lower Cancer Rates Among Druze Compared to Arab and Jewish Populations in Israel, 1999-2009.25516295 · Atzmon, Iris, Linn, Shai, Portnov, Boris A et al.2017 · 9 citationsJournal of religion and health. 2017;56(3):741-754
A new approach to spatial identification of potential health hazards associated with childhood asthma.28391146 · Svechkina, Alina, Portnov, Boris A2018 · 7 citationsThe Science of the total environment. 2017;595:413-424
Spatial identification of potential health hazards: a systematic areal search approach.28173815 · Svechkina, Alina, Zusman, Marina, Rybnikova, Natalya et al.2017 · 3 citationsInternational journal of health geographics. 2017;16(1):5
Modeling long-term effects attributed to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) exposure on asthma morbidity in a nationwide cohort in Israel.28644724 · Greenberg, N, Carel, R S, Derazne, E et al.2017 · 24 citationsJournal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A. 2017;80(6):326-337
GDP per capita and obesity prevalence worldwide: an ambiguity of effects modification.27885270 · Rybnikova, N A, Portnov, B A2018 · 4 citationsInternational journal of obesity (2005). 2017;41(2):352
Light at night and breast cancer incidence in Connecticut: An ecological study of age group effects.27531467 · Portnov, Boris A, Stevens, Richard G, Samociuk, Holly et al.2018 · 35 citationsThe Science of the total environment. 2016;572:1020-1024
Application of the double kernel density approach to the analysis of cancer incidence in a major metropolitan area.27336231 · Davarashvili, Sarit, Zusman, Marina, Keinan-Boker, Lital et al.2017 · 7 citationsEnvironmental research. 2016;150:269-281
The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness.27386582 · Falchi, Fabio, Cinzano, Pierantonio, Duriscoe, Dan et al.2017 · 1,662 citationsScience advances. 2016;2(6):e1600377on Valency
Is prostate cancer incidence worldwide linked to artificial light at night exposures? Review of earlier findings and analysis of current trends.27029744 · Rybnikova, Nataliya A, Haim, Abraham, Portnov, Boris A2017 · 30 citationsArchives of environmental & occupational health. 2017;72(2):111-122
Does artificial light-at-night exposure contribute to the worldwide obesity pandemic?26795746 · Rybnikova, N A, Haim, A, Portnov, B A2018 · 146 citationsInternational journal of obesity (2005). 2016;40(5):815-23
Different effects of long-term exposures to SO2 and NO2 air pollutants on asthma severity in young adults.27092440 · Greenberg, Nili, Carel, Rafael S, Derazne, Estela et al.2017 · 88 citationsJournal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A. 2016;79(8):342-51
Air Pollution and Respiratory Morbidity in Israel: A Review of Accumulated Empiric Evidence.26357723 · Greenberg, Nili, Carel, Rafael, Portnov, Boris A2015 · 8 citationsThe Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ. 2015;17(7):445-50
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) and breast cancer incidence worldwide: A revisit of earlier findings with analysis of current trends.26102518 · Rybnikova, Natalia, Haim, Abraham, Portnov, Boris A2016 · 51 citationsChronobiology international. 2015;32(6):757-73
Evaluating the effect of vehicle impoundment policy on illegal construction and demolition waste dumping: Israel as a case study.24814207 · Seror, Nissim, Hareli, Shlomo, Portnov, Boris A2015 · 34 citationsWaste management (New York, N.Y.). 2014;34(8):1436-45
Residential proximity to petroleum storage tanks and associated cancer risks: Double Kernel Density approach vs. zonal estimates.23147397 · Zusman, Marina, Dubnov, Jonathan, Barchana, Micha et al.2013 · 36 citationsThe Science of the total environment. 2012;441:265-76
Environmental factors associated with overweight and obesity in taiwanese children.23061692 · Chen, Yang-Ching, Chen, Pau-Chung, Hsieh, Wu-Shiun et al.2013 · 43 citationsPaediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 2012;26(6):561-71
High prevalence of childhood asthma in Northern Israel is linked to air pollution by particulate matter: evidence from GIS analysis and Bayesian Model Averaging.22077820 · Portnov, Boris A, Reiser, Benjamin, Karkabi, Khaled et al.2012 · 42 citationsInternational journal of environmental health research. 2012;22(3):249-69
LAN and breast cancer risk: can we see a forest through the trees?--Response to "Measurements of light at night (LAN) for a sample of female school teachers" by M. S. Rea, J. A. Brons, and M. G. Figueiro.21929303 · Haim, Abraham, Portnov, Boris A2012 · 4 citationsChronobiology international. 2011;28(8):734-6
Cancer risks in the Druze Isifya Village: Reasons and RF/MW antennas.21873036 · Atzmon, Iris, Linn, Shai, Richter, Elihu et al.2012 · 10 citationsPathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology. 2012;19(1):21-8
Does the modern urbanized sleeping habitat pose a breast cancer risk?21182407 · Kloog, Itai, Portnov, Boris A, Rennert, Hedy S et al.2011 · 84 citationsChronobiology international. 2011;28(1):76-80
Nighttime light level co-distributes with breast cancer incidence worldwide.20680434 · Kloog, Itai, Stevens, Richard G, Haim, Abraham et al.2011 · 159 citationsCancer causes & control : CCC. 2010;21(12):2059-68
Who is affected more by air pollution-sick or healthy? Some evidence from a health survey of schoolchildren living in the vicinity of a coal-fired power plant in Northern Israel.20018550 · Yogev-Baggio, Tamar, Bibi, Haim, Dubnov, Jonathan et al.2010 · 30 citationsHealth & place. 2010;16(2):399-408
Global co-distribution of light at night (LAN) and cancers of prostate, colon, and lung in men.19142761 · Kloog, Itai, Haim, Abraham, Stevens, Richard G et al.2009 · 215 citationsChronobiology international. 2009;26(1):108-25
Exploratory analysis of potential risk factors of a rare disease: spatial distribution of adrenocortical carcinoma in Israel as a case study.19042010 · Portnov, Boris A, Barchana, Micha, Dubnov, Jonathan2009 · 3 citationsThe Science of the total environment. 2009;407(5):1738-43
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) linkage with residence near heavy roads--a case study from Haifa Bay, Israel.19081284 · Paz, Shlomit, Linn, Shai, Portnov, Boris A et al.2009 · 18 citationsHealth & place. 2009;15(2):636-641
Light at night co-distributes with incident breast but not lung cancer in the female population of Israel.18293150 · Kloog, Itai, Haim, Abraham, Stevens, Richard G et al.2008 · 233 citationsChronobiology international. 2008;25(1):65-81
On ecological fallacy, assessment errors stemming from misguided variable selection, and the effect of aggregation on the outcome of epidemiological study.17033679 · Portnov, Boris A, Dubnov, Jonathan, Barchana, Micha2007 · 86 citationsJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. 2007;17(1):106-21
Estimating the effect of air pollution from a coal-fired power station on the development of children's pulmonary function.16618483 · Dubnov, Jonathan, Barchana, Micha, Rishpon, Shmuel et al.2007 · 42 citationsEnvironmental research. 2007;103(1):87-98
Investigating the effect of clustering of the urban field on sustainable population growth of centrally located and peripheral towns.12349661 · Portnov, B A, Erell, E, Bivand, R et al.2000 · 21 citationsInternational journal of population geography : IJPG. 2000;6(2):133-54
The effect of housing on migrations in Israel: 1988-1994.12293973 · Portnov, B A1998 · 20 citationsJournal of population economics. 1998;11(3):379-94
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