2024
Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment
Song Y, Deziel N, Bell M. Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 19178-19188. PMID: 39412270, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c06942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresEnvironmental exposure assessmentExposure of particulate matterUrban/rural disparitiesDemographic compositionHealth StudyHealth researchPopulation-basedClassification systemExposure assessmentSpatial patternsHealth impactsRural areasHealthRuralParticulate matterLand surface temperatureWest VirginiaUnited StatesSurface temperatureUrbanizationResearch questionsAssessmentDisparitiesExposureExposure range matters: considering non-linear associations in the meta-analysis of environmental pollutant exposure using examples of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and birth outcomes
Guo P, Warren J, Deziel N, Liew Z. Exposure range matters: considering non-linear associations in the meta-analysis of environmental pollutant exposure using examples of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and birth outcomes. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2024, kwae309. PMID: 39227151, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-linear associationMeta-analysisHeterogeneity of effect estimatesEffect estimatesPotential non-linear associationsExposure-outcome relationshipsRisk of preterm birthSubgroup meta-analysisBirth outcomesPollution exposureMeta-analytic approachMeta-analysesEffect sizeEnvironmental pollutant exposureResults heterogeneityExposure levelsHealth effectsPreterm birthEvidence-based policymakingPrenatal exposurePotential heterogeneityMean birth weightBirth weightMethodological challengesCut-off choiceQuantitative measures of recent and lifetime agricultural pesticide use are associated with increased pesticide concentrations in house dust
Xie S, Hofmann J, Sampson J, Josse P, Madrigal J, Chang V, Deziel N, Andreotti G, Keil A, Ward M, Beane Freeman L, Friesen M. Quantitative measures of recent and lifetime agricultural pesticide use are associated with increased pesticide concentrations in house dust. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExposures to Artificial Light at Night and Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Deziel N, Wang R, Warren J, Dinauer C, Ogilvie J, Clark C, Zhong C, Wiemels J, Morimoto L, Metayer C, Ma X. Exposures to Artificial Light at Night and Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExposure to ambient air pollution during early life and risk of childhood Ewing sarcoma in a California case-control study (1988-2015)
Clark C, Wang R, Deziel N, Wiemels J, Metayer C, Ma X. Exposure to ambient air pollution during early life and risk of childhood Ewing sarcoma in a California case-control study (1988-2015). ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProximity of public K-12 schools to oil and gas development in the U.S.: Implications for environmental justice and children’s health
Clark C, Campbell E, Mooney F, Buonocore J, Casey J, Deziel N, Willis M. Proximity of public K-12 schools to oil and gas development in the U.S.: Implications for environmental justice and children’s health. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations between Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in a North American Preconception Cohort
Willis M, Mooney F, Koenig M, Campbell E, Deziel N, Wesselink A, Parker S, Wise L. Associations between Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in a North American Preconception Cohort. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA review of spatial-temporal data sources for estimating population-level exposures to oil and gas development in the United States
Campbell E, Koenig M, Mooney F, Clark C, Deziel N, Casey J, Buonocore J, Willis M. A review of spatial-temporal data sources for estimating population-level exposures to oil and gas development in the United States. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study
Rogne T, Wang R, Wang P, Deziel N, Metayer C, Wiemels J, Chen K, Warren J, Ma X. High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e506-e514. PMID: 38969477, PMCID: PMC11260908, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00121-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaLymphoblastic leukemiaLatino childrenNon-Latino white childrenAssociated with risk of adverse pregnancy outcomesCalifornia Cancer RegistryRisk of acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCalifornia birth recordsRisk of adverse pregnancy outcomesPre-pregnancy periodAssociated with riskBayesian meta-regressionNational Institutes of HealthCancer RegistryCases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaNational Center for Advancing Translational SciencesAdverse pregnancy outcomesAcute lymphoblastic leukemia casesInstitutes of HealthInvestigation of mechanistic pathwaysBirth recordsGestational weeks 8Pre-pregnancyWildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas wells in the western United States with disproportionate impacts on marginalized populations
González D, Morello-Frosch R, Liu Z, Willis M, Feng Y, McKenzie L, Steiger B, Wang J, Deziel N, Casey J. Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas wells in the western United States with disproportionate impacts on marginalized populations. One Earth 2024, 7: 1044-1055. PMID: 39036466, PMCID: PMC11259100, DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWildfire burned areaWestern United StatesBurned areaThreat of wildfireHigh wildfire riskExposure of human populationsWildfire riskWildfireHuman healthClimate changeNational oilHuman populationHistorical threatDisproportionate impactUnited StatesAreaExposureGas wellsClimateOilPopulationWellsGas productionGasResidential proximity to dioxin-emitting facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Fisher J, Medgyesi D, Deziel N, Nuckols J, Ward M, Jones R. Residential proximity to dioxin-emitting facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Environment International 2024, 188: 108767. PMID: 38795658, PMCID: PMC11218044, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndustrial sourcesPolychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxinsRisk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaDibenzo-p-dioxinsPersistent organic pollutantsNIH-AARP DietCoal-fired power plantsPCDD/F sourcesAverage emission indexDioxin emissionsResidential proximityOrganic pollutantsNIH-AARPNon-Hodgkin's lymphomaPeriod prior to enrollmentHigher emissionsElevated risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaIncident cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphomaEvaluate associationsWind directionAssociated with higher emissionsAssociated with riskNon-Hodgkin lymphoma riskEnrollment addressHealth StudyAccuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment
Clark C, Casey J, Bell M, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Accuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 512-517. PMID: 38448680, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00637-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-reported distanceWest Virginia residentsAssociated with adverse health outcomesVirginia residentsAdverse health outcomesExposure to environmental hazardsCohen's weighted kappaYears of educationSelf-reported dataHealth outcomesWest VirginiansSelf-report measuresIndicators of awarenessWeighted kappaSelf-reportDemographic characteristicsEducational attainmentAdverse health effectsSelf-reported metricsEnvironmental exposuresDistance categoriesHealth effectsResidentsExposure assessmentRiskNitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells
Skalaban T, Thompson D, Madrigal J, Blount B, Espinosa M, Kolpin D, Deziel N, Jones R, Beane Freeman L, Hofmann J, Ward M. Nitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells. The Science Of The Total Environment 2024, 919: 170922. PMID: 38350573, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaximum contaminant levelUrinary nitrate concentrationDietary intakeNitrate concentrationsNitrate excretionNitrate exposureDietary nitrateDrinking waterDietary assessment toolsPrivate wellsAssociated with adverse health risksVulnerable to nitrate contaminationWater nitrate concentrationsNitrate ingestionAdverse health risksAgricultural Health StudyDrinking water intakeMedian intakeProspective cohortUrinary nitrateDietary nitrate ingestionContamination levelsNitrate contaminationNitrate intakeHealth StudyMultiple Dimensions of Environmental Justice and Oil and Gas Development in Pennsylvania
Lieberman-Cribbin W, Fang X, Morello-Frosch R, Gonzalez D, Hill E, Deziel N, Buonocore J, Casey J. Multiple Dimensions of Environmental Justice and Oil and Gas Development in Pennsylvania. Environmental Justice 2024, 17: 31-44. PMID: 38389752, PMCID: PMC10880506, DOI: 10.1089/env.2022.0041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessing exposure and health consequences of chemicals in drinking water in the 21st Century
Deziel N, Villanueva C. Assessing exposure and health consequences of chemicals in drinking water in the 21st Century. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 1-2. PMID: 38429481, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-024-00639-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment
Clark C, Warren J, Saiers J, Ma X, Bell M, Deziel N. Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 1-10. PMID: 38148338, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00636-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia
Li Y, Siegel H, Thelemaque N, Bailey K, Moncrieffe P, Nguyen T, Clark C, Johnson N, Soriano M, Deziel N, Saiers J, Plata D. Conventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 19702-19712. PMID: 37982799, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvestigation of Sources of Fluorinated Compounds in Private Water Supplies in an Oil and Gas-Producing Region of Northern West Virginia
Siegel H, Nason S, Warren J, Prunas O, Deziel N, Saiers J. Investigation of Sources of Fluorinated Compounds in Private Water Supplies in an Oil and Gas-Producing Region of Northern West Virginia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 17452-17464. PMID: 37923386, PMCID: PMC10653085, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorthern West VirginiaMaximum contaminant levelWater supplySurface water concentrationsNearby point sourcesSurface water samplesGas-producing regionsSurface water sourcesPFAS concentrationsPoint sourcesPrivate wellsPublic water supplyGeochemical controlsGroundwater chemistryRecharge zoneWest VirginiaWater wellsInvestigation of sourcesModel resultsPrivate water suppliesPFAS sourcesTopographic characteristicsPFAS transportWater receptorPolyfluoroalkyl substancesUS drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants
Levin R, Villanueva C, Beene D, Cradock A, Donat-Vargas C, Lewis J, Martinez-Morata I, Minovi D, Nigra A, Olson E, Schaider L, Ward M, Deziel N. US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 34: 3-22. PMID: 37739995, PMCID: PMC10907308, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00597-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study
Rosen Vollmar A, Lin E, Nason S, Santiago K, Johnson C, Ma X, Godri Pollitt K, Deziel N. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 33: 737-747. PMID: 37730931, PMCID: PMC10541328, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00603-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid hormone concentrationsNeonatal characteristicsThyroid hormone measurementsHormone concentrationsThyroid hormonesBlood spotsPilot studyNewborn DBSHormone measurementsPopulation-based studyThyroid hormone levelsEnvironmental risk factorsPFAS concentrationsNewborn screening testNon-parametric WilcoxonThyroid diseaseRisk factorsHormone levelsKruskal-Wallis testPFAS exposureThyroid hormone dataScreening testNeonatal DBSEnvironmental exposuresPerformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry