2016
Comparison of industrial emissions and carpet dust concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in a multi-center U.S. study
Deziel NC, Nuckols JR, Jones RR, Graubard BI, De Roos AJ, Pronk A, Gourley C, Colt JS, Ward MH. Comparison of industrial emissions and carpet dust concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in a multi-center U.S. study. The Science Of The Total Environment 2016, 580: 1276-1286. PMID: 28017415, PMCID: PMC5330683, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMunicipal solid waste incineratorSolid waste incineratorMedical waste incineratorWaste incineratorEmission indexAverage emission indexSewage sludge incineratorsPCDD/F emissionsNon-hazardous wasteElectricity generating plantsPCDD/F congenersDust concentrationPCDD/F emission sourcesCement kilnsSludge incineratorsToxic PCDD/F congenersGenerating plantsEmission sourcesHazardous waste incineratorIncineratorF emissionsLocal meteorological dataNearby emission sourcesTerrain characteristicsSystem readingsTemporal Trends of Insecticide Concentrations in Carpet Dust in California from 2001 to 2006
Gunier RB, Nuckols JR, Whitehead TP, Colt JS, Deziel NC, Metayer C, Reynolds P, Ward MH. Temporal Trends of Insecticide Concentrations in Carpet Dust in California from 2001 to 2006. Environmental Science And Technology 2016, 50: 7761-7769. PMID: 27341453, PMCID: PMC6404968, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00252.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: determinants of residential carpet dust levels and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
DellaValle CT, Deziel NC, Jones RR, Colt JS, De Roos AJ, Cerhan JR, Cozen W, Severson RK, Flory AR, Morton LM, Ward MH. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: determinants of residential carpet dust levels and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Causes & Control 2015, 27: 1-13. PMID: 26573845, PMCID: PMC5358542, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0660-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsCase-Control StudiesDustEducational StatusFloors and FloorcoveringsHousingHumansLymphoma, Non-HodgkinPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsRiskRisk AssessmentConceptsNon-Hodgkin lymphomaT-cell lymphomaOdds ratioCell lymphomaRisk of NHLNational Cancer Institute's Surveillance EpidemiologyMulticenter case-control studyB-cell lymphoma subtypesUnconditional logistic regressionCase-control studyConfidence intervalsHighest tertileLowest tertileHistologic typeSurveillance EpidemiologyNHL overallLymphoma subtypesWhite raceElevated riskSecondary aimConclusionOur resultsLymphomaOlder ageTertileLogistic regressionAssociations between self-reported pest treatments and pesticide concentrations in carpet dust
Deziel NC, Colt JS, Kent EE, Gunier RB, Reynolds P, Booth B, Metayer C, Ward MH. Associations between self-reported pest treatments and pesticide concentrations in carpet dust. Environmental Health 2015, 14: 27. PMID: 25889489, PMCID: PMC4374193, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0015-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeed treatmentsPest treatmentsPesticide concentrationsCarpet dust samplesPesticide active ingredientsAgricultural pesticide applicationsSelf-reported treatmentPesticide useResidential pesticide useTick treatmentPest typesPesticide applicationCypermethrin levelsHerbicide concentrationsPesticide categoriesGarden productsProfessional applicators
2013
Environmental Determinants of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations in Residential Carpet Dust
DellaValle CT, Wheeler DC, Deziel NC, De Roos AJ, Cerhan JR, Cozen W, Severson RK, Flory AR, Locke SJ, Colt JS, Hartge P, Ward MH. Environmental Determinants of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations in Residential Carpet Dust. Environmental Science And Technology 2013, 47: 10405-10414. PMID: 23952055, PMCID: PMC4076890, DOI: 10.1021/es401447w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research