Barry Wright, Ellen Kingsley, Cindy Cooper, Katie Biggs, Matthew Bursnall, Han-I Wang, Tim Chater, Elizabeth Coates, M Dawn Teare, Kirsty McKendrick, Gina Gomez de la Cuesta, Amy Barr, Kiera Solaiman, Anna Packham, David Marshall, Danielle Varley, Roshanak Nekooi, Steve Parrott, Shehzad Ali, Simon Gilbody, Ann Le Couteur
Play brick therapy to aid the social skills of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder: the I-SOCIALISE cluster RCT
Public health research (Southampton, England)
little known association crossshift changes pulmonary function personal inhalation exposure particulate matter pm among informal electronicwaste ewaste recovery workers substantial occupational exposure airborne pollutants burning ewaste using crossshift design pre postshift pulmonary function assessments accompanying personal inhalation exposure pm sizes 1 25 coarse fraction 2510 aerodynamic diameter measured among ewaste workers n 142 agbogbloshie ewaste site comparison population n 65 accra ghana 2017 2018 linear mixed models estimated associations percent changes pulmonary function personal pm declines forced expiratory volume one second fev1 forced vital capacity fvc per hour significantly associated increases pm sizes among either study population despite breathing zone concentrations pm sizes exceeded healthbased guidelines populations ewaste workers worked yesterday however larger crossshift declines fvc 24 95ci 404 081 comparison work yesterday suggesting possible role cumulative exposure overall shortterm respiratoryrelated health effects related pm exposure among ewaste workers seen sample selection bias due healthy worker effect short shift duration inability capture true preshift pulmonary function test among workers live worksite may explain results suggest need adapt crossshift studies informal settings