Comparative Exposure Assessment Using Silicone Passive Samplers Indicates That Domestic Dogs Are Sentinels To Support Human Health Research
| Autor: | Stephanie C. Hammel, Jun Ma, Nicholas J Herkert, Catherine F. Wise, Heather M. Stapleton, Matthew Breen, Alison A. Motsinger-Reif |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Silicones 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Article chemistry.chemical_compound Human health Dogs Human disease Silicone Environmental health Epidemiology Animals Humans Environmental Chemistry Medicine 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Exposure assessment Life span business.industry Extramural General Chemistry Urinary biomarkers Organophosphates chemistry business Biomarkers Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environ Sci Technol |
| ISSN: | 1520-5851 0013-936X |
| Popis: | Silicone wristbands are promising passive samplers to support epidemiological studies in characterizing exposure to organic contaminants; however, investigating associated health risks remains challenging because of the latency period for many chronic diseases that take years to manifest. Dogs provide valuable insights as sentinels for exposure-related human disease because they share similar exposures in the home, have shorter life spans, share many clinical/biological features, and have closely related genomes. Here, we evaluated exposures among pet dogs and their owners using silicone dog tags and wristbands to determine if contaminant levels were correlated with validated exposure biomarkers. Significant correlations between measures on dog tags and wristbands were observed (rs = 0.38-0.90; p < 0.05). Correlations with their respective urinary biomarkers were stronger in dog tags compared to that in human wristbands (rs = 0.50-0.71; p < 0.01) for several organophosphate esters. This supports the value of using silicone bands with dogs to investigate health impacts on humans from shared exposures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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