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Feasibility of Collecting Time-Resolved Radio Frequency and Sleep Measures in a Cohort of Firefighters
Feasibility of Collecting Time-Resolved Radio Frequency and Sleep Measures in a Cohort of Firefighters McKay Reed Chair of the Supervisory Committee:Elena Austin Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences ... -
Field Effectiveness of Ultraviolet Disinfection in Onsite Wastewater Treatment
Ultraviolet disinfection (UVD) units provide advanced onsite wastewater treatment, which is essential in regions where soils are unsuitable for conventional onsite sewage systems (OSSs). Although UVD treatment systems ... -
Fine Particle (PM2.5) Composition of Indoor and Outdoor Air Samples Collected in Xuanwei County, China
Indoor air pollution is a cause of many adverse health outcomes especially in developing countries where high levels of pollutants are generated by burning solid fuels for cooking and heating purposes. In China, the lung ... -
Fine Particulate Matter, Neuropathologies, & Dementia
Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD), affect over 47 million people worldwide, and this number is anticipated to reach 131.5 million by 2050. Because no medication ... -
From Metagenomics to Pangenomics: Characterization of Dairy Worker Microbiomes and Development of Novel Statistical Methodology
The complex interplay between routine antibiotic use and zoonotic pathogen presence makes livestock farming environments unique nexuses for the potential emergence of zoonotic diseases and/or antibiotic resistant bacteria ... -
Gene-Environment Interaction and Coronary Artery Disease: Do OLR1 Gene Polymorphisms Modify the Cardiovascular Effects of Traffic Exposure?
(2013-02-25)Background: An association between residential proximity to roadway and coronary artery calcium score (CAC) has been previously described. CAC is a measure of coronary artery calcification that reflects the extent of ... -
Gene-environment interactions between adult lead exposure and Apolipoprotein E4 on adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive behavior in mice
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline and memory loss. It has been hypothesized that environmental factors and gene-environment interactions (GXE) may increase AD risk and accelerate ... -
Generalized Workplace Harassment and Physical Health Outcomes in Nurses in the Philippines
Background: Harassment is a problem in the modern workplace. Nurses experience harassment at higher rates than average. Nurses are exposed to multiple types of harassment in the workplace. One type of harassment, known as ... -
Getting Pediatric Care in Gentrifying King County
Introduction: Gentrification is a public health crisis and significant environmental injustice. Rapid gentrification of Seattle unequally burdens and displaces families of color further south in King County. Gentrification ... -
Global positioning system (GPS) tracking to characterize children's exposure to pesticides
(2004)This dissertation documents the dynamic interaction between moving human receptors (children) and transient peaks in drifted pesticides proximal to treated fields. Validation of a novel dGPS instrument (the GPS Personal ... -
Green Space Exposure and Cognition: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
RATIONALE: The effects of long term green space exposure on cognition are not fully understood. With the aging of the world’s population, increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s Dementia, and continued detachment from nature, ... -
Gut-liver axis on biotransformation of environmental chemicals polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame retardants that are widely used in plastics, rubbers, textiles, furniture and electronic devices. Worrisome levels of PBDEs have been detected in fatty food, household dust, ... -
Hair as a Biomarker for Manganese Exposure Among Welders
Quantifying exposure to manganese (Mn) in airborne welding fume, and the resultant dose, presents many challenges. Common biomarkers such as Mn in blood or Mn in urine have not proven to be practical even in studies where ... -
Health Effects of Exposure to Cannabis in Workers in an Indoor Growing Facility
Background: Legalization of recreational cannabis in multiple states, including Washington, has scaled up cultivation of this plant. This rise in cultivation also raises health and safety concerns for workers in this ... -
Health, Climate, and Energy Co-Benefits of 2020 Residential Solar Panel Mandate in California
Background: Power plants are primary emitters of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants, which are associated with harmful health impacts including increased risk of premature mortality. Therefore, the residential ... -
Health, Safety, and Disaster Preparedness in the Washington State Wine Industry
The wine industry in Washington state is a high-hazard industry that exposes workers to a variety of physical, chemical, psychosocial, and natural hazards. However, literature on the impact of these hazards on this worker ... -
Heat stress, heat strain, and productivity in Washington State tree fruit harvesters
Background: Heat health effects are an important public health problem in outdoor workers, including agricultural workers. Outdoor agricultural workers who perform heavy physical labor in hot conditions are at increased ... -
Identification and characterization of elements regulating the expression of the phenobarbital-inducible CYP2B1 and CYP2B2 genes
(1996)Phenobarbital (PB) is the prototype for a class of agents that produce marked induction in the genetic expression of a variety of metabolic enzymes in many species. One of the consequences of this induction is a change in ... -
Identification of black carbon in the brain using Raman microscopy.
Introduction: Air pollution is a significant contributor to adverse health outcomes in humans around the world. Particulate matter has been linked to numerous cardiovascular, pulmonary and neurological diseases and associated ... -
Impact of Environmental Factors on Mosquito Population Abundance and Distribution in King County, Washington
Background: Climate, land cover, and other environmental factors have been shown to have a direct impact on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases. Warming temperatures combined with other effects of climate change and ...