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Development of a total hydrocarbon ordinal job-exposure matrix for workers responding to the Deepwater Horizon disaster: The GuLF STUDY
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, v 28(3), pp 223-230
May 2018
PMID: 29064482
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Abstract
The GuLF STUDY is a cohort study investigating the health of workers who responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The objective of this effort was to develop an ordinal job-exposure matrix (JEM) of airborne total hydrocarbons (THC), dispersants, and particulates to estimate study participants' exposures. Information was collected on participants' spill-related tasks. A JEM of exposure groups (EGs) was developed from tasks and THC air measurements taken during and after the spill using relevant exposure determinants. THC arithmetic means were developed for the EGs, assigned ordinal values, and linked to the participants using determinants from the questionnaire. Different approaches were taken for combining exposures across EGs. EGs for dispersants and particulates were based on questionnaire responses. Considerable differences in THC exposure levels were found among EGs. Based on the maximum THC level participants experienced across any job held, ∼14% of the subjects were identified in the highest exposure category. Approximately 10% of the cohort was exposed to dispersants or particulates. Considerable exposure differences were found across the various EGs, facilitating investigation of exposure-response relationships. The JEM is flexible to allow for different assumptions about several possibly relevant exposure metrics.
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- Title
- Development of a total hydrocarbon ordinal job-exposure matrix for workers responding to the Deepwater Horizon disaster: The GuLF STUDY
- Creators
- Patricia A Stewart - OAI Consulting (United States)Mark R Stenzel - Product Innovation and Engineering (United States) (United States, Saint James) - LLCGurumurthy Ramachandran - Bloomberg (United States)Sudipto Banerjee - University of California, Los AngelesTran B Huynh - Drexel UniversityCaroline P Groth - Northwestern UniversityRichard K Kwok - National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesAaron Blair - National Cancer InstituteLawrence S Engel - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDale P Sandler - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Publication Details
- Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, v 28(3), pp 223-230
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- ZIA ES102945-03 / Intramural NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000430457100003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85045583488
- Other Identifier
- 991019330617704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Sciences
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Toxicology