Lung Cancer Mortality in a Retrospective Cohort of Drivers in The U.S. Trucking Industry

Laden, Francine; Hart, James; Eisen, Ellen; Davis, Monique G.; Smith, Todd; Fe, Speizer; Garshick, Eric

doi:10.1097/00001648-200611001-00437

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“…Significant health effects have been associated with diesel exhaust exposure in highly impacted micro-environments. [1][2][3][4] An important component of understanding exposure to diesel exhaust is the determination of its contribution to carbonaceous fine particulate matter (PM) concentration in heavily impacted micro-environments, such as diesel freight terminals. 5,6 Ambient studies in urban centers have been able to effectively track diesel exhaust contributions, 7,8 however, it is not known whether these methods will translate well to micro-environments with potentially high diesel emissions.…”

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Assessment of diesel particulate matter exposure in the workplace: freight terminals

Sheesley

Schauer

Smith³

et al. 2008

J. Environ. Monit.

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A large study has been undertaken to assess the exposure to diesel exhaust within diesel trucking terminals. A critical component of this assessment is an analysis of the variation in carbonaceous particulate matter (PM) across trucking terminal locations; consistency in the primary sources can be effectively tracked by analyzing trends in elemental carbon (EC) and organic molecular marker concentrations. Ambient samples were collected at yard, dock and repair shop work stations in 7 terminals in the USA and 1 in Mexico. Concentrations of EC ranged from 0.2 to 12 microg m(-3) among the terminals, which corresponds to the range seen in the concentration of summed hopanes (0.5 to 20.5 ng m(-3)). However, when chemical mass balance (CMB) source apportionment results were presented as percent contribution to organic carbon (OC) concentrations, the contribution of mobile sources to OC are similar among the terminals in different cities. The average mobile source percent contribution to OC was 75.3 +/- 17.1% for truck repair shops, 65.4 +/- 20.4% for the docks and 38.4 +/- 9.5% for the terminal yard samples. A relatively consistent mobile source impact was present at all the terminals only when considering percentage of total OC concentrations, not in terms of absolute concentrations.

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Assessment of diesel particulate matter exposure in the workplace: freight terminals

Sheesley

Schauer

Smith³

et al. 2008

J. Environ. Monit.

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Elemental and Organic Carbon in Ambient Air of a Major Indian Urban Community

Kumar

Deshmukh

2010

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Recent epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between residential proximity to traffic sources and adverse respiratory symptoms as the Diesel Exhaust Particulate surfaces act as a site for the concentration of thousands of organic compounds. Analysis of 24 h integrated samples of PM10 and PM2.5 collected at a kerb site in a major Indian urban community, heavily impacted by heavy commercial vehicles, showed elemental carbon concentrations higher (14.4-48.8 micrg/m(3)) than organic carbon (1.7-9.2 micrg/m(3)). The organic to elemental carbon ratio varied from 0.09 to 0.31. Average concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 ranged 133-492 micrg/m(3) and 87-160 microg/m(3), respectively.

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Lung Cancer Mortality in a Retrospective Cohort of Drivers in The U.S. Trucking Industry

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Assessment of diesel particulate matter exposure in the workplace: freight terminals

Assessment of diesel particulate matter exposure in the workplace: freight terminals

Elemental and Organic Carbon in Ambient Air of a Major Indian Urban Community

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