A5006303273- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Heavy metals in environment
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Noise Effects and Management
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- History and advancements in chemistry
- Retinal and Optic Conditions
- Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Environmental Protection Agency
2011-2023
Research Triangle Park Foundation
2011-2023
National Center for Environmental Assessment (EPA)
2012-2019
Tanner Research (United States)
2015
Environment Agency
2015
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2012
Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center
2012
NeuroCognitive Institute
2012
RTI International
2006
Durham University
2005
Background: Because ambient air pollution exposure occurs as mixtures, consideration of joint effects multiple pollutants may advance our understanding the health pollution. Methods: We assessed effect on pediatric asthma emergency department visits in Atlanta during 1998–2004. selected combinations that were representative oxidant gases and secondary, traffic, power plant, criteria pollutants, constructed using fine particulate matter (PM2.5) components. Joint multipollutant Poisson...
Objective: This study describes associations of ozone and fine particulate matter with Parkinson's disease observed among farmers in North Carolina Iowa. Methods: We used logistic regression to determine the these pollutants self-reported, doctor-diagnosed disease. Daily predicted pollutant concentrations were derive surrogates long-term exposure link them participants' geocoded addresses. Results: positive (odds ratio = 1.39; 95% CI: 0.98 1.98) 1.34; 0.93 1.93) but not Conclusions: The...
Retinal degeneration is the leading cause of visual impairment in older adults. An association between retinal and fungicide use was observed previously among farmer pesticide applicators Agricultural Health Study, a large study farm families from Iowa North Carolina. The objective this investigation to determine whether wives these were at increased risk degeneration. Self-reported cross-sectional data obtained via questionnaire 1993 1997 31,173 used. Associations specific pesticides groups...
Background: It is difficult to discern the proportion of blood lead (PbB) attributable ambient air (PbA), given multitude (Pb) sources and pathways exposure. The PbB–PbA relationship has previously been evaluated across populations. This was a central consideration in 2008 review Pb national quality standards.Objectives: objectives this study were evaluate between PbB PbA concentrations among children nationwide for recent years compare with those obtained from other studies...
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are incurable expected to increase in prevalence the upcoming decades. Environmental exposure metals has been suggested a contributing factor development of neurodegenerative disease. This systematic evidence map will identify characterize epidemiological experimental data available on intersection eighteen environmental concern (i.e., aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium,...
The objective of this work is to examine associations between blood lead (PbB) and air (PbA) in particulate matter measured at different size cuts by use PbB concentrations from the National Health Nutrition Examination Survey PbA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 1999–2008. Three fractions particle-bound (TSP, PM10, PM2.5) data with averaging times (current past 90-day average) were utilized. A multilevel linear mixed effect model was used characterize PbB–PbA relationship. At 0.15...
Pesticide exposure among farmers' wives is poorly characterized. Using questionnaire data from a cohort study of licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses, we investigated patterns use (n = 31,173). Wives reported wide range use: 36% never used pesticides during lifetimes, whereas the heaviest users (10%) lifetime 3 or more agricultural plus commonly residential pesticides. We identified 5 ordinal pesticide-use categories studied factors associated with each category through...
Background: Lead exposures from legacy sources threaten children's health. Soil in Omaha, Nebraska, was contaminated by emissions a lead smelter and refinery. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency excavated replaced soil at the Omaha Superfund Site between 1999 2016. Objectives: goal of this study to assess association level (SLL) remediation status with blood levels (BLLs) children living near or on site. Methods: We linked information SLL residential properties BLLs assigned BLL...
Although particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) typically exist as part of a complex air pollution mixture, the evidence linking these pollutants to health effects is evaluated separately in scientific policy reviews National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The objective this analysis was use meta-regression methods model effect estimates for several individual yet correlated NAAQS an effort identify factors that explain differences sizes across...
Kirrane, Ellen F.; Davis, J. Allen; Luben, Thomas J.; Bowman, Christal; Hoppin, Jane A.; Blair, Aaron; Chen, Honglei; Patel, Molini; Sandler, Dale; Tanner, Caroline M.; Vinikoor-Imler, Lisa; Ward, Mary; Kamel, Freya Author Information
A Current Assessment of the Health Effects Lead in ChildrenAbstract Number:2012 Ellen Kirrane*, Molini Patel, James Brown, Dennis Kotchmar, Lisa Vinikoor-Imler, Elizabeth Owens, Erin Hines, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, David Svendsgaard, and Meredith Lassiter Kirrane* United States Environmental Protection Agency, States, E-mail Address: [email protected] , Patel Brown Kotchmar Vinikoor-Imler Owens Hines Richmond-Bryant Svendsgaard AbstractThe U.S. Agency (EPA) recently released Integrated...
Background and Aims: Standard setting, science assessments, research related to evaluating reducing the human health effects of exposure air pollutants have largely focused on single-pollutant approaches. Nonetheless, it has long been recognized that populations are exposed a complex mixture varies in time space. This work describes efforts U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) move toward multipollutant approaches pollution. Methods: Scientists with EPA's National Center for Assessment...
Background: As population exposure to ambient air pollution generally occurs in the form of mixtures, consideration joint effects multiple pollutants may advance our understanding associated health effects. Aims: We assess effect selected pollutant combinations interest (groups oxidant, secondary, traffic, industrial, and 5 criteria pollutants) on warm season pediatric asthma emergency department (ED) visits Atlanta during 1998-2004. Methods: Daily concentrations were obtained from several...