Personal air pollutant exposure monitoring in South African children in the VHEMBE birth cohort
DeLay K, Lin EZ, Koelmel JP, Bornman R, Obida M, Chevrier J, Godri Pollitt KJ. Personal air pollutant exposure monitoring in South African children in the VHEMBE birth cohort. Environment International 2022, 170: 107524. PMID: 36260950, PMCID: PMC9982749, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth cohortMalaria controlEnvironment (MACE) birth cohortVenda Health ExaminationEnvironmental exposuresBurden of diseaseIndoor residual sprayingSouth African childrenHousehold air pollutionMiddle-income countriesHealth examinationNon-invasive methodAfrican childrenPersonal exposure assessmentResidual sprayingExposure levelsPersonal exposureExposure assessmentExposure monitoringRural regionsChildrenHigh exposureEnvironmental contaminantsCohortExposureAssessing the External Exposome Using Wearable Passive Samplers and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry among South African Children Participating in the VHEMBE Study
Koelmel JP, Lin EZ, DeLay K, Williams AJ, Zhou Y, Bornman R, Obida M, Chevrier J, Pollitt K. Assessing the External Exposome Using Wearable Passive Samplers and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry among South African Children Participating in the VHEMBE Study. Environmental Science And Technology 2022, 56: 2191-2203. PMID: 35089017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-resolution mass spectrometryMass spectrometryAirborne chemical exposuresPassive samplersVenda Health ExaminationChemical exposureChildren's personal exposureSpectrometryPersonal exposureChemicalsMolecular levelSouth African childrenMiddle-income countriesHealth examinationExternal exposomeCombustion productsAfrican childrenAirborne chemicalsHealth effectsEnvironmental exposuresDyeAssessment periodPlasticizerExposureDichlorodiphenyldichloroethane