ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2013
Environmental determinants of polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in residential carpet dust.
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- Characterizing the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls within Biota Found in New Mexico.PloS one · 2026Article
- Biological effects related to exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) on cats.PloS one · 2023Article
- Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and thyroid cancer in connecticut women.Environmental research · 2021Article
- A nested case-control study of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, and thyroid cancer in the Janus Serum Bank cohort.Environmental research · 2018Article
- Relationship between the binding free energy and PCBs' migration, persistence, toxicity and bioaccumulation using a combination of the molecular docking method and 3D-QSAR.Chemistry Central journal · 2018Article
- 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 · 2017Article
- Risk assessment of PBDEs and PAHs in house dust in Kocaeli, Turkey: levels and sources.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2016Article
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: determinants of residential carpet dust levels and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2016Article
- Validity of expert assigned retrospective estimates of occupational polychlorinated biphenyl exposure.The Annals of occupational hygiene · 2015Article
- Assessment of weighted quantile sum regression for modeling chemical mixtures and cancer risk.Cancer informatics · 2015Article
- Selecting spatial scale of covariates in regression models of environmental exposures.Cancer informatics · 2015Article
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Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), banned in the United Sates in the late 1970s, are still found in indoor and outdoor environments. Little is known about the determinants of PCB levels in homes. We measured concentrations of five PCB congeners (105, 138, 153, 170, and 180) in carpet dust collected between 1998 and 2000 from 1187 homes in four sites: Detroit, Iowa, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Home characteristics, occupational history, and demographic information were obtained by interview. We used a geographic information system to geocode addresses and determine distances to the nearest major road, freight route, and railroad; percentage of developed land; number of industrial facilities within 2 km of residences; and population density. Ordinal logistic regression was used to estimate the associations between the covariates of interest and the odds of PCB detection in each site separately. Total PCB levels [all congeners < maximum practical quantitation limit (MPQL) vs at least one congener ≥ MPQL to < median concentration vs at least one congener > median concentration] were positively associated with either percentage of developed land [odds ratio (OR) range 1.01-1.04 for each percentage increase] or population density (OR 1.08 for every 1000/mi(2)) in each site. The number of industrial facilities within 2 km of a home was associated with PCB concentrations; however, facility type and direction of the association varied by site. Our findings suggest that outdoor sources of PCBs may be significant determinants of indoor concentrations.
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