Health symptoms and inflammatory blood biomarkers from exposure of recyclable waste workers to particulate matter and bioaerosols

2022 ◽  
pp. 101323
Author(s):  
Caroline Fernanda Hei Wikuats ◽  
Iara da Silva ◽  
Kátia Valéria Marques Cardoso Prates ◽  
Janaína Casado Rodrigues da Silva ◽  
Eduardo Henrique Duarte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Blood Biomarkers ◽  
Health Symptoms

scholarly journals Association Between Health Symptoms and Particulate Matter from Traffic and Residential Heating − Results from RHINE III in Tartu

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihkel Pindus ◽  
Hans Orru ◽  
Marek Maasikmets ◽  
Marko Kaasik ◽  
Rain Jõgi
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Local Heating ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Road Dust ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Cardiac Diseases ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Residential Heating ◽  
Reported Health

Background:Traffic and residential heating are the main sources of particulate matter (PM) in Northern Europe. Wood is widely used for residential heating and vehicle numbers are increasing. Besides traffic exhaust, studded tires produce road dust that is the main source of traffic-related PM10. Several studies have associated total PM mass with health symptoms; however there has been little research on the effects of PM from specific sources.Objective:To study the health effects resulting from traffic and local heating PM.Methods:Data on respiratory and cardiac diseases were collected within the framework of RHINE III (2011/2012) in Tartu, Estonia. Respondents’ geocoded home addresses were mapped in ArcGIS and linked with local heating-related PM2.5,traffic-related PM10and total PM2.5concentrations. Association between self-reported health and PM was assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis.Results:The annual mean modelled exposure for local heating PM2.5was 2.3 μg/m3, for traffic PM103.3 μg/m3and for all sources PM2.55.6 μg/m3. We found relationship between traffic induced PM10as well as all sources induced PM2.5with cardiac disease, OR=1.45 (95% CI 1.06−1.93) and 1.42 (95% CI 1.02−1.95), respectively. However, we did not find any significant association between residential heating induced particles and self-reported health symptoms. People with longer and better confirmed exposure period were also significantly associated with traffic induced PM10, all sources induced PM2.5and cardiac diseases.Conclusion:Traffic-related PM10and all sources induced PM2.5associated with cardiac disease; whereas residential heating induced particles did not.

Letters. Inhalable particulate matter

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-208
Author(s):  
Bernard Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Inhalable Particulate Matter

Length of Deployments As a Predictor of Mental Health Symptoms in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryann Debeer ◽  
Sandra B. Morissette ◽  
Nathan A. Kimbrel ◽  
Eric C. Meyer ◽  
Suzy B. Gulliver
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Operation Iraqi Freedom ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Iraqi Freedom
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