2023
Health risks of heavy metals in food and their economic burden in Armenia
Pipoyan D, Stepanyan S, Beglaryan M, Stepanyan S, Mendelsohn R, Deziel N. Health risks of heavy metals in food and their economic burden in Armenia. Environment International 2023, 172: 107794. PMID: 36758298, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeavy metal intakeBenchmark dose levelsBlood pressureLead exposureEconomic burdenDose levelsDietary exposureEuropean Food Safety AuthorityAdverse health impactsDiet surveyDaily intakeExcess exposureConsumer safety concernsFood Safety AuthorityHealth impactsHealth risksSafety concernsIntakeLower IQ levelsExposureSpecific pathwaysExposure valuesSafety AuthorityPopulationMetal intake
2021
Simultaneous modeling of detection rate and exposure concentration using semi-continuous models to identify exposure determinants when left-censored data may be a true zero
Friesen MC, Choo-Wosoba H, Sarazin P, Hwang J, Dopart P, Russ DE, Deziel NC, Lavoué J, Albert PS, Zhu B. Simultaneous modeling of detection rate and exposure concentration using semi-continuous models to identify exposure determinants when left-censored data may be a true zero. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2021, 31: 1047-1056. PMID: 34006962, PMCID: PMC8595485, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-021-00331-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Evaluating predictors of lead exposure for activities disturbing materials painted with or containing lead using historic published data from U.S. workplaces
Locke SJ, Deziel NC, Koh D, Graubard BI, Purdue MP, Friesen MC. Evaluating predictors of lead exposure for activities disturbing materials painted with or containing lead using historic published data from U.S. workplaces. American Journal Of Industrial Medicine 2017, 60: 189-197. PMID: 28079279, PMCID: PMC5261829, DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22679.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Persistent organic pollutants in dust from older homes: learning from lead.
Whitehead TP, Metayer C, Ward MH, Colt JS, Gunier RB, Deziel NC, Rappaport SM, Buffler PA. Persistent organic pollutants in dust from older homes: learning from lead. American Journal Of Public Health 2014, 104: 1320-6. PMID: 24832145, PMCID: PMC4056196, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2013.301835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrganic pollutantsGas chromatography-mass spectrometryPersistent organic pollutantsPlasma mass spectrometryChromatography-mass spectrometryMultiple chemical contaminantsMass spectrometryChemical contaminantsPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsDiphenyl ethersPersistent chemicalsChemical concentrationsAromatic hydrocarbonsSpectrometryHigh volume small surface samplerSurface samplerPollutantsChemicalsHousehold vacuum cleanerOrganochlorine insecticidesChemical exposureEtherBiphenylsConcentrationPyrethroid insecticides