Non-stationary spatio-temporal modeling of traffic-related pollutants in near-road environments

Dec 6, 2023

Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2016 Aug;18:24-37. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Apr 28.ABSTRACTA problem often encountered in environmental epidemiological studies assessing the health effects associated with ambient exposure to air pollution is the...

Health impact metrics for air pollution management strategies

Dec 6, 2023

Environ Int. 2015 Dec;85:84-95. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.08.013. Epub 2015 Sep 14.ABSTRACTHealth impact assessments (HIAs) inform policy and decision making by providing information regarding future health concerns, and quantitative HIAs now are being used for local...

Effects of fuels, engine load and exhaust after-treatment on diesel engine SVOC emissions and development of SVOC profiles for receptor modeling

Dec 6, 2023

Atmos Environ (1994). 2015 Feb;102:229-238. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.046.ABSTRACTDiesel exhaust emissions contain numerous semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) for which emission information is limited, especially for idling conditions, new fuels and the new...

Modeling spatial and temporal variability of residential air exchange rates for the Near-Road Exposures and Effects of Urban Air Pollutants Study (NEXUS)

Dec 6, 2023

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Nov 7;11(11):11481-504. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111111481.ABSTRACTAir pollution health studies often use outdoor concentrations as exposure surrogates. Failure to account for variability of residential infiltration of outdoor...

Environmental risk factors and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): a case-control study of ALS in Michigan

Dec 6, 2023

PLoS One. 2014 Jun 30;9(6):e101186. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101186. eCollection 2014.ABSTRACTAn interim report of a case-control study was conducted to explore the role of environmental factors in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Sixty-six...

PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), nitro-PAHs, and hopane and sterane biomarkers in sediments of southern Lake Michigan, USA

Dec 6, 2023

Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jul 15;487:173-86. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.131. Epub 2014 May 3.ABSTRACTPAHs in the Great Lakes basin are of concern due to their toxicity and persistence in bottom sediments. Their nitro derivatives, nitro-PAHs (NPAHs), which can have...

PAHs, nitro-PAHs, hopanes, and steranes in lake trout from Lake Michigan

Dec 6, 2023

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2014 Aug;33(8):1792-801. doi: 10.1002/etc.2620.ABSTRACTThe present study examines concentrations and risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), nitro-PAHs (NPAHs), steranes, and hopanes in lake trout collected in Lake Michigan. A total of...

GPS-based microenvironment tracker (MicroTrac) model to estimate time-location of individuals for air pollution exposure assessments: model evaluation in central North Carolina

Dec 6, 2023

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2014 Jul;24(4):412-20. doi: 10.1038/jes.2014.13. Epub 2014 Mar 12.ABSTRACTA critical aspect of air pollution exposure assessment is the estimation of the time spent by individuals in various microenvironments (ME). Accounting for the time...

Statistical strategies for constructing health risk models with multiple pollutants and their interactions: possible choices and comparisons

Oct 4, 2023

Environ Health. 2013 Oct 4;12(1):85. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-85.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: As public awareness of consequences of environmental exposures has grown, estimating the adverse health effects due to simultaneous exposure to multiple pollutants is an important...

ACL/HHS: Investigating Disability Factors and Promoting Environmental Access for Healthy LIving (IDEAL RRTC)

Nov 27, 2019

The overarching goal of the Investigating Disability factors and promoting Environmental Access for Healthy Living RRTC (IDEAL RRTC) is to promote the healthy aging of adults with long-term physical impairments and disabilities. This will be achieved by identifying...