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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 ... -
Organophosphates in Urine and House Dust and Associations with Asthma Respiratory Health Outcomes in an Agricultural Children’s Cohort
Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are extensively used to support agricultural practices in Washington State. OP exposure is associated with both asthmatic populations and agricultural communities. The objective of this ... -
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cadmium neurotoxicity and cadmium interaction with APOE4 on memory impairment
Cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous toxic heavy metal and an emerging neurotoxicant. While Cd neurotoxicity is increasingly documented in epidemiology and toxicology studies at levels relevant to the general US population, the ... -
The role of urban parks in crisis communications: A content analysis of local park and recreation department online communication strategies during a public health emergency using COVID-19 as a case study
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared an international public health emergency on 30 January 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). To slow the spread of the virus, governments across the United States implemented ... -
Developmental neurotoxicity of diesel exhaust in a Gclm heterozygous mouse model
The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) named air pollution as the number one environmental threat to public health. Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is a sizable contributor to global air pollution, and diesel ... -
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 ... -
The Effect of Exposures to Aircraft Ultrafine Particles on Acute Cardiorespiratory Health, and Control Using Personal Protective Equipment
Background: JP-8, Jet A-1, and Jet A are kerosene-based aviation fuels. Jet fuel combustion produces complex pollutant mixtures including VOCs, CO2, CO, NOx, SOx, PAHs and PM. Particles are characterized by size, with ... -
Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variation Among Terpenes Derived from Cannabis and Forest Environments
Background: Terpenes are a broad class of volatile and semi volatile organic compounds with over 40,000 different known structures, that are emitted by a wide variety of flora. Terpene concentrations vary in different ... -
Education, English Proficiency, and Health as Predictors of Employment among Filipino Migrants and Non-migrants
Immigrants face a number of unique challenges when migrating to the United States. One of the most important concerns is securing employment. For decades, Human Capital Theory has been the prevailing framework supporting ... -
Planning to Reduce the Health Impacts of Extreme Heat: A Content Analysis of Heat Action Plans in Local United States Jurisdictions
Background: The United States is experiencing increasing temperatures and heatwaves due to anthropogenic climate change. Days of extreme heat lead to higher rates of morbidity and mortality and place greater demand on ... -
A Proposed Algorithm for the Identification of Occupational COPD in a Cohort of Washington Workers
Rationale: Approximately 31% of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is caused by vapor, gas, dust and fumes (VGDF). In collaboration with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Safety and Health ... -
Exploring Wind Ramping as a Determinant of Pesticide Drift
The Washington State Department of Health investigates hundreds of pesticide illness reports each year, many of which are related to pesticide spray drift. Drift is the movement of pesticide aerosols through the air from ... -
Investigate Woodsmoke and Interventions in an Exposure Chamber: A Tent Project
Background: Particulate matter (PM)-related health effects have been studied extensively, yet wildfire smoke-specific PM health effects and its dose-response relationship have not reached a consensus due to variations in ... -
Exposure Assessment for Early Childhood Education (ECE) Workers
Background: There are a little under a million U.S. early childhood education (ECE) workers in 2020, and the ergonomic risk factors pertinent in this workforce is understudied. The purpose of the study was to conduct ... -
Regulation of Transporters by Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in HepaRG Cells
Perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) are widespread environmental pollutants for which human exposure has been documented. PFCAs at high doses were known to regulate xenobiotic transporters partly through PPARα and CAR ... -
Impact of Wildfire Smoke Events on Seattle Children’s Pediatric Patient Outcomes, 2006 - 2020
Pacific Northwest wildfire smoke events have been increasing in prevalence and severity over the past three decades, resulting in documented negative health outcomes in adults. However, when examining the effect of wildfire ... -
Evaluating Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Veterinary Professionals Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction: Infection control is important in the veterinary care setting due to the risk of zoonotic illness1–4, however research has consistently shown that veterinary workers tend to underestimate their risk and have ... -
Characterizing the Burden and Distribution of Occupational Exposures by Sociodemographic Groups in the United States: A Novel Application of Job-Exposure Matrix (JEM) Data
Introduction: Occupational exposure surveillance has historically been of limited focus in the United States (US). However, understanding the burden of occupational exposures is critical for the primary prevention of ... -
Cannabis Allergy in Occupationally Exposed Cannabis Workers, Recreational Users and Non-Users
Introduction: The expansion of the U.S. cannabis industry has created thousands of new jobs in cultivation, processing and distribution. While little is known about occupational hazards in the Cannabis industry, pilot ... -
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, ...
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