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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Evaluation of Bayesian Maximum Entropy Data Fusion Approaches to Estimate Styrene, Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes and to Inform Epidemiological Analyses in the US Gulf States.

Nora A Abbott, Lucie Semone, Richard Strott, Praful Dodda, Chi-Tsan Wang, Jaime Green, Bok Haeng Baek, Lawrence S Engel, William Vizuete, Marc L Serre

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Nora A AbbottDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5425-8352
Lucie SemoneDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Richard StrottDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Praful DoddaDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Chi-Tsan WangCenter for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States.
Jaime GreenDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Bok Haeng BaekCenter for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1054-6325
Lawrence S EngelDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
William VizueteDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Marc L SerreDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.

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UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
Neurological Effects of Environmental Styrene and BTEX Exposure in a Gulf of Mexico CohortR01ES031127 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BAEK, BOK HAENG, ENGEL, LAWRENCE STUART · 2020 to 2023
$2.0M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031127NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008673
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Abstract

The Gulf States are home to industries emitting styrene, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (SBTEX). Presently, adverse health effects of ambient SBTEX exposure in highly polluted regions, such as the Gulf States, must be evaluated. Epidemiologists, however, are limited by inadequate estimates of ambient SBTEX. Using Bayesian Maximum Entropy, SBTEX estimation methods of varying resource intensity were evaluated, including simple kriging (least intense), incorporation of observational and emissions data trends (moderately intense), and data fusion of observed and Comprehensive Air quality Model with extensions (CAMx) data (most intense). Generally, as resource intensity increased, so did SBTEX estimation performance, where SBTEX Spearman

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Air PollutantsEnvironmental MonitoringBayes TheoremBenzeneBenzene DerivativesEntropyStyreneTolueneUnited StatesXylenesAir PollutantsBenzeneBenzene DerivativesethylbenzeneStyreneTolueneXylenesair pollutionBayesian Maximum EntropyBTEXdata fusionexposuremodeled datastyrene

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PMID39754299
PMCPMC11789024

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