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Characterization of a rho class glutathione-S Transferase in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are detoxification enzymes important in cellular protection through their metabolism of endogenous and exogenous substrates such as chemotherapeutic agents, insecticides, herbicides, and ... -
Characterization of Naturally-Occurring Alpha Diketone Emissions and Exposures at a Coffee Roasting Facility and Associated Retail Café
Background: Alpha diketones such as diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione have been used as artificial flavorings in a variety of industries and are produced naturally when food products such as coffee beans are roasted. Exposure ... -
Characterization of Occupational Exposure to Airborne Contaminants in an Indoor Cannabis Production Facility
Background: While the cultivation and the use of cannabis continues to be illegal at the federal level in the United States, states and districts that have made medicinal and recreational use legal have seen dramatic ... -
Characterization of Organophosphate Pesticides in Urine and Home Environment Dust in an Agricultural Community
Background: Organophosphorus insecticides (OPs) are used widely on crops to control agricultural pests, but they can have harmful effects on humans. Farmworkers have higher exposure to OP pesticides than non-farmworkers ... -
Characterization of Traffic-Related Air Pollutants near a Major Roadway in Albuquerque Using a Mobile Monitoring Approach
(2013-07-25)In order to assess the characteristics of air pollutants in proximity to major roadways, a mobile monitoring campaign took place using the University of Washington Center for Clean Air Research (CCAR) mobile instrument ... -
Characterization of Unregulated Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) in Chloraminated Water and Estimation of Associated Health Risks
Water disinfectants are added to inactivate microorganisms during the drinking water treatment process. But they also have the potential to react with natural organic matter (NOM) and form disinfection by-products (DBPs) ... -
Characterization of Whole Body Vibration Exposures in Neonatal Ground Transport
Newborn infants delivered in a compromised health state often require transport between secondary and primary care hospitals. The objective of this study was to measure and characterize Whole Body Vibration (WBV) exposures ... -
Characterization of Work Practices and Ventilation Techniques in Shipyard Confined Space Welding
(2013-02-25)Despite abundant evidence for the adverse health effects associated with welding fume, shipyard welders continue to have exposures that routinely exceed safe limits. Welding in shipyards can be particularly hazardous due ... -
Characterizing Dietary Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides, Incorporating Information on Organic Food Consumption, for Use in Epidemiological Research
(2014-04-30)Concern exists about the potential for low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPs) to lead to neurological and cognitive health effects. OPs are the most widely used insecticides in American agricultural, and ... -
Characterizing Exposure and Health Impacts of Ultrafine Particles and Wildfire Smoke
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is associated with excess morbidity and mortality and estimated to be the most important environmental risk factor for mortality globally. Ultrafine particles (UFPs) and PM2.5 ... -
Characterizing exposure conditions for a quantum dot exposure chamber
(2013-04-17)Nanotechnology holds promise as an emerging technology with myriad applications. For example, quantum dots (often abbreviated to Qdots) are a nanomaterial that can be used in anti-counterfeiting ink, photovoltaics, and ... -
Characterizing Grocery Store COVID-19 Controls in the Pacific Northwest
University of WashingtonAbstract Characterizing Grocery Store COVID-19 Controls in the Pacific Northwest Allen Chan Chair of Supervisory Committee:Marissa Baker Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences ... -
Characterizing Lead Exposure at a U.S. Coast Guard Indoor Firing Range
Exposure to airborne and settled dust at firing ranges is a well-known hazard that puts employees at risk for lead poisoning. Nine firearms instructors (FAIs) were studied over a 4-week period while working at a U. S. ... -
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 ... -
Characterizing the Neurodevelopmental Pesticide Exposome in an Agricultural Children’s Cohort
In Washington State, apples are the number one commodity produced in the $49 billion food and agriculture industry. Apple growers often rely on pesticides to control insect, plant, and fungal pests. Many of these pesticides ... -
Characterizing the Role of Paraoxonase 2 (PON2) in the Brain: Phenotypic Analysis and Modulating Factors
Paraoxonase 2 (PON2), one of three members of the paraoxonase gene family, is a ubiquitously expressed intracellular antioxidant enzyme. Primarily located at the inner mitochondrial membrane, it is thought to maintain redox ... -
Characterizing the Waste Streams from Alternative Solvent Dry Cleaners
(2013-02-25)While perchloroethylene solvent based dry cleaners occupational exposures and machine wastes have been well characterized, little is known about exposures to alternative solvent s and their wastes or the hazardous waste ... -
Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Associated Risk Factors in Vietnam
(2013-02-25)Childhood lead poisoning is one of the most carefully studied and documented environmental exposures worldwide. However, despite increased awareness that lead exposure can compromise health and that lead exposure is ... -
Childhood Lead Exposure in a Vietnamese Battery Recycling Village
(2013-02-25)Childhood lead poisoning, while diminishing in industrialized nations, continues to be a common and preventable public health threat throughout the world. This is particularly true among poorer communities where lead ... -
Climate change, pesticide use, and exposure disparities in agricultural communities: A case study of almond orchards in California
Anthropogenic climate change is expected to influence pest dynamics and pesticide application timing and rate, but little research has attempted to quantify the relationship or associated health impacts. Changing pesticide ...