Sexual and Reproductive Health in Women with Cystic Fibrosis: A Dimensional Concept Analysis

Brown, Janet; Patrician, Patricia A.; Shirey, Maria R.; Ladores, Sigrid

doi:10.13178/jnparr.2019.0901.0903

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“…To assess our ability to quantify gas-phase air pollutant concentrations using the AirPen, we sampled benzene concentrations of 0, 10, 50, 100, and 200 ppb (0, 0.1×, 0.5×, 1.0×, and 2.0× the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH] time-weighted average [TWA] recommended exposure limit [REL]) from the inside of a stainless steel enclosure (SA-41, Polycase, Avon, OH, USA) for 1 h each using three AirPens and three conventional personal VOC samplers. Each AirPen was equipped with a PTFE membrane filter and a Carbopack X , thermal desorption tube (28686-U, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). Each conventional VOC sampler consisted of a Carbopack X thermal desorption tube that was connected to a low-flow adapter (SKC) and an AirChek 2000 pump (SKC) to draw air through the thermal desorption tube at a flow rate of 20 mL min –1 .…”

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AirPen: A Wearable Monitor for Characterizing Exposures to Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds

Tryner

Quinn

Rueda

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Exposure to air pollution is a leading risk factor for disease and premature death, but technologies for assessing personal exposure to particulate and gaseous air pollutants, including the timing and location of such exposures, are limited. We developed a small, quiet, wearable monitor, called the AirPen, to quantify personal exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The AirPen combines physical sample collection (PM onto a filter and VOCs onto a sorbent tube) with a suite of low-cost sensors (for PM, VOCs, temperature, pressure, humidity, light intensity, location, and motion). We validated the AirPen against conventional personal sampling equipment in the laboratory and then conducted a field study to measure at-work and away-from-work exposures to PM2.5 and VOCs among employees at an agricultural facility in Colorado, USA. The resultant sampling and sensor data indicated that personal exposures to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes were dominated by a specific workplace location. These results illustrate how the AirPen can be used to advance our understanding of personal exposure to air pollution as a function of time, location, source, and activity, even in the absence of detailed activity diary data.

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confidence: 99%