Zheng, Guomao Schreder, Erika Sathyanarayana, Sheela Salamova, Amina
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), commonly used in cleaning, disinfecting, and personal care products, have recently gained worldwide attention due to the massive use of disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite extensive use of these chemicals, no studies have focused on the analysis of QACs in human milk, a major route of e...
Eichler, Clara M A Bi, Chenyang Wang, Chunyi Little, John C
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Estimates of human exposure to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) such as phthalates, phthalate alternatives, and some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are required for the risk-based evaluation of chemicals. Recently, a modular mechanistic modeling framework to rapidly predict SVOC emission and partitioning in indoor environments ha...
Kumar, Praveen Anand, S Singh, Kapil Deo Kulkarni, M S Mayya, Y S
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Modeling of dose distribution of randomly moving population around a radioactive source is a complex problem. The objective is to develop a model and solution techniques to estimate radiation absorbed dose to the population randomly moving around a radioactive source. The problem is formulated using a second-order partial differential equation; dif...
Hurbain, Patrick Liu, Yan Strickland, Matthew J Li, Dingsheng
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
To capture the impacts of environmental stressors, environmental indices like the Air Quality Index, Toxic Release Inventory, and Environmental Quality Index have been used to investigate the environmental quality and its association with public health issues. However, past studies often rely on relatively small sample sizes, and they have typicall...
Staab, Jeroen Schady, Arthur Weigand, Matthias Lakes, Tobia Taubenböck, Hannes
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
In modern societies, noise is ubiquitous. It is an annoyance and can have a negative impact on human health as well as on the environment. Despite increasing evidence of its negative impacts, spatial knowledge about noise distribution remains limited. Up to now, noise mapping is frequently inhibited by the necessary resources and therefore limited ...
Lipner, Ettie M Crooks, James L French, Joshua Strong, Michael Nick, Jerry A Prevots, D Rebecca
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous environmental bacteria that may cause chronic lung disease and are one of the most difficult-to-treat infections among persons with cystic fibrosis (pwCF). Environmental factors likely contribute to increased NTM densities, with higher potential for exposure and infection. To identify water-quality c...
Muysers, Christoph Messina, Fabrizio Keil, Thomas Roll, Stephanie
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
The new subgroup screening tool "subscreen" aims to understand the unclear and complex association between socioeconomic status (SES) and childhood allergy. This software R package has been successfully used in clinical trials but not in large population-based studies. To screen and identify subgrouping factors explaining their impact on the associ...
Amegah, A Kofi Dakuu, Gordon Mudu, Pierpaolo Jaakkola, Jouni J K
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
There are limited studies on the health effects of street trading in spite of common knowledge that individuals engaged in the trade are exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution per their mode of operation, and also the fact that the venture is a dominant occupation in cities of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and other developing regions. ...
van de Weijer, Margot P Baselmans, Bart M L Hottenga, Jouke-Jan Dolan, Conor V Willemsen, Gonneke Bartels, Meike
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Identifying modifiable factors associated with well-being is of increased interest for public policy guidance. Developments in record linkage make it possible to identify what contributes to well-being from a myriad of factors. To this end, we link two large-scale data resources; the Geoscience and Health Cohort Consortium, a collection of geo-data...
Mendoza-Sanchez, Itza Uwak, Inyang Myatt, Louise Van Cleve, Allison Pulczinski, Jairus C Rychlik, Kristal A Sweet, Stephen Ramani, Tara Zietsman, Josias Zamora, Misti Levy
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Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is associated with adverse health effects in children. Valid exposure assessment methods with accurate spatial and temporal resolution across pregnancy is a critical need for advancing environmental health studies. The objective of this study was to quantify maternal PAH exposure in pregn...
