2023
Wearable Passive Samplers for Assessing Environmental Exposure to Organic Chemicals: Current Approaches and Future Directions
Okeme J, Koelmel J, Johnson E, Lin E, Gao D, Pollitt K. Wearable Passive Samplers for Assessing Environmental Exposure to Organic Chemicals: Current Approaches and Future Directions. Current Environmental Health Reports 2023, 10: 84-98. PMID: 36821032, DOI: 10.1007/s40572-023-00392-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPassive samplersOrganic chemicalsExposure assessmentHigh-throughput chemical analysisSemi-volatile organic chemicalsComplex mixturesChemical analysisEnvironmental health researchEnvironmental contaminantsPopulation scaleMonitoring approachActive air samplingQuantitative exposure assessmentEvaluation of exposureCompositional diversityAnalytical challengesHundreds of chemicalsPersonal exposurePopulation levelExposure estimatesSamplerActive samplersEnvironmental chemicalsContaminantsDynamic mixture
2022
Characterizing the external exposome using passive samplers—comparative assessment of chemical exposures using different wearable form factors
Lin EZ, Nichols A, Zhou Y, Koelmel JP, Godri Pollitt KJ. Characterizing the external exposome using passive samplers—comparative assessment of chemical exposures using different wearable form factors. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2022, 33: 558-565. PMID: 35840784, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-022-00456-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPassive air samplersGas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometryPassive samplersHigh-resolution mass spectrometryResolution mass spectrometryAirborne organic contaminantsAirborne chemical contaminantsOrganic contaminantsChemical exposureMass spectrometryAir samplerChemical contaminantsPersonal chemical exposureAirborne contaminantsActive samplersPersonal exposureContaminantsType of exposureSampler positionsEpidemiological studiesAirborne exposureExternal exposomeHousehold productsChestEnvironmental exposures