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Validation of a Sponge Processing Method for Characterizing Microbes in the Bullitt Center
Background: The Bullitt Center is a six-story, 50,000 square-foot green building that emphasizes energy efficiency and environmental performance based on design and operation. Microorganisms found in indoor surface ... -
Validation of Training Concepts for Effective Ventilation Control for Welding Fumes in Confined Spaces
(2013-07-25)Over 13,000 shipyard welders in the United States are subjected to hazardous welding fume in enclosed and confined spaces with inadequate or no ventilation. The purpose of this study was to validate a training provided to ... -
Vanadium in Fine Particulate Matter and its Association with Blood Pressure in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Cohort
<bold>BACKGROUND:</bold> Associations between estimates of long-term population exposure to fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) and cardiovascular endpoints, especially mortality, have now been reported in several ... -
Variability in Normalization Methods of COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance
Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 provides an approach for assessing theinfection burden across a sewer service area. For these data to be useful for public health, measurement variability in relation to normalization ... -
Wastewater Surveillance for Emerging Infectious Diseases: Optimization and Implementation of Methods
Wastewater surveillance has long been used to aid the global public health effort to eradicate poliovirus. More recently, wastewater surveillance has been implemented to help understand the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Shortly ... -
Waterborne Paint Exposure in the Auto Body Collision Repair Industry
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to characterize workers’ exposures to emerging waterborne coatings used in automotive refinishing systems and observe other work practices associated with using these products. ... -
"We Are All Here to Learn": A Qualitative Study on Perceptions of Private Well Water Testing Within a Rural Latinx Community
Background: The US Safe Drinking Water Act does not regulate private wells, leaving over 42 million US residents with little regulatory oversight of their water quality. Trends in public water systems suggest that private ... -
Who is Most Impacted? A GIS Cumulative Impacts Analysis on Chemical Waste Hazards, Floodplains, and Sea Level Rise in King County, WA
Despite the Washington State Environmental Health Disparities Map and the Duwamish Valley Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis assessments being resources for communities to access environmental threats and social vulnerabilities, ... -
Whole Genome analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) isolated from the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW; Orcinus orca)
University of Washington ABSTRACT Whole Genome analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) isolated from the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW; Orcinus orca) Daira Melendez Chair of ... -
Wintertime and wildfire smoke PM2.5: Community-engaged research and use of low-cost sensors to characterize PM2.5 and mitigate exposures
BackgroundThe two main seasons with highest concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the state of Washington (WA) are wintertime and periods of wildfire smoke. We examined wintertime PM2.5 through a research ...