Resource type
Thesis type
(Thesis) M.P.H.
Date created
2011-01-10
Authors/Contributors
Author: Curran, Jason Hugh
Abstract
Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) has been linked with several adverse health effects. We investigated hopanes, markers of primary particle emissions from gasoline and diesel engines, in house dust as an alternative approach for assessing exposure to TRAP in Windsor, Ontario. Settled house dust was collected from the homes of 28 study participants (10 – 13 yrs). The dust was then analyzed for a suite of hopanes by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. We calculated correlations between dust hopane concentrations and estimates of annual average NO2 concentrations derived from an existing LUR model. Hopanes were consistently present in detectable quantities in house dust. Annual average outdoor NO2 estimated was moderately correlated with hopanes in house dust (r = 0.46; p
Document
Identifier
etd6606
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Scholarly level
Supervisor or Senior Supervisor
Thesis advisor: Allen, Ryan
Thesis advisor: Takaro, Tim
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