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Characterization of endotoxin and 3-hydroxy fatty acid levels in air and settled dust from commercial aircraft cabinsC J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Indoor Air 13:166-73. 2003..These results suggest that exposure route and dust source are important considerations when relating endotoxin exposure to specific health outcomes...
Occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) in polyvinyl chloride processing operationsCynthia J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 85:317-25. 2012..We present DiNP metabolite urinary concentrations in PVC processing workers, estimate DiNP daily intake for these workers, and compare worker estimates to other populations...
Determinants of captan air and dermal exposures among orchard pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health StudyCynthia J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 55:620-33. 2011..To adjust an algorithm used for estimating pesticide exposure intensity in the AHS based on these determinants and to compare the correlation of the adjusted and unadjusted algorithms with urinary captan metabolite levels...- Development of a personal dual-phase air sampling method for phthalate diestersCynthia J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4776 Columbia Pkwy, R 14, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
J Environ Monit 12:491-9. 2010..After storage for 62 days, phthalate recovery was better at -21 degrees C than at 21 degrees C. Method accuracy was best for DBP, BzBP, DEHP, and DnOP (range 11-18%), and less so for DMP (28%) and DEP (29%)... - Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among workers in selected industries: a pilot biomonitoring studyCynthia J Hines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 53:1-17. 2009..In summary, using urinary metabolites, we successfully identified workplaces with likely occupational phthalate exposure. Additional work is needed to distinguish occupational from non-occupational sources in low-exposure workplaces... - Fungicide application practices and personal protective equipment use among orchard farmers in the agricultural health studyC J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
J Agric Saf Health 13:205-23. 2007..05 each). Self-reported unusually high fungicide exposures were more likely on days applicators performed repairs (p < 0.05). These data will be useful for evaluating fungicide exposure determinants among orchard applicators... - Mixed-effect models for evaluating multiple measures of atrazine exposure among custom applicatorsCynthia J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 3:274-83. 2006..These results indicate that either surrogate, environmental, or biological exposure measures can be used in appropriately specified models to estimate urinary and salivary atrazine biomarker levels... - Biological monitoring for selected herbicide biomarkers in the urine of exposed custom applicators: application of mixed-effect modelsCynthia J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH, 45226, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 47:503-17. 2003..All biomarkers were detected infrequently in the reference population. Evaluation of non-spray exposure determinants was limited by inclusion of prior day spraying, adjustment for time and the small sample size... - Determinants of chlorpyrifos exposures and urinary 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol levels among termiticide applicatorsC J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 45:309-21. 2001..73, P<0.0001). In summary, mixed-effects models were successfully constructed to predict airborne chlorpyrifos exposure and urinary TCP levels... - Characterization and variability of endotoxin and 3-hydroxy fatty acids in an office building during a particle intervention studyC J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
Indoor Air 10:2-12. 2000..01). These findings suggest that spatial variability, dust source, and surface cleaning may influence building occupant exposures to endotoxin... - Neurologic function among termiticide applicators exposed to chlorpyrifosK Steenland
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Environ Health Perspect 108:293-300. 2000..Although this was a relatively large study based on a well-defined target population, the workers we studied may not be representative of all exposed workers, and caution should be exercised in generalizing our results... - Evaluation of acute sensory--motor effects and test sensitivity using termiticide workers exposed to chlorpyrifosR B Dick
Division of Applied Research and Technology, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 23:381-93. 2001..Information also is presented on the sensitivity of the measures to detect effects in an occupationally exposed population using standard error of the parameter estimates... - Distributions and determinants of pre-emergent herbicide exposures among custom applicatorsC J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 45:227-39. 2001..Few of the other covariates were consistent determinants of exposure. For all exposure metrics, the within-worker variability (GSD(W) 2.1-5.6) was greater than the between-worker variability (GSD(B) 1.2-2.7)... - Development of sampling and analytical methods for concerted determination of commonly used chloroacetanilide, chlorotriazine, and 2,4-D herbicides in hand-wash, dermal-patch, and air samplesS P Tucker
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Appl Occup Environ Hyg 16:698-707. 2001..Speciation of 2,4-D esters and simultaneous determination of 2,4-D acid were possible without losses of the esters or of other herbicides (acetanilides and triazines) being determined... - Captan exposure and evaluation of a pesticide exposure algorithm among orchard pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health StudyCynthia J Hines
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway R 14, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 52:153-66. 2008..Some modification of the algorithm is suggested by these results... - Identification of human urinary metabolites of acetochlor in exposed herbicide applicators by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryDana B Barr
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17:559-66. 2007..At lower exposures (classified as ACM<10 microg/l), ACM and acetochlor concentrations were similar. Additionally, we tentatively identified another acetochlor metabolite that appeared to be important at low levels of exposure... - Improving the health of workers in indoor environments: priority research needs for a national occupational research agendaMark J Mendell
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1430-40. 2002..Research on these topics, requiring new collaborations and resources, offers enormous potential health and economic returns... - Indoor particles and symptoms among office workers: results from a double-blind cross-over studyMark J Mendell
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Epidemiology 13:296-304. 2002..We studied the effects of removing small airborne particles in an office building without unusual contaminant sources or occupant complaints...