Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, Nalini Ranjit, Matthew J Landry, Matthew Jeans, Reem Ghaddar, Jaimie N Davis
Dietary Psychosocial Mediators of Vegetable Intake in Schoolchildren From Low-Income and Racial and Ethnic Minority US Families: Findings From the Texas Sprouts Intervention
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons pahs wellknown carcinogens causing lung skin cancers exposed workers certain occupations coke production associated high pah exposure however number occupations tested date remains small sought compare pah exposure across wide range occupations based levels 1hydroxypyrene 1ohp urinary exposure surrogate pahs collected urine 1ohp data korean national environmental health survey konehs nationwide biomonitoring survey developed linear regression model controlling sex age smoking survey cycle obtained resulting residuals computed fraction exceeding third quartile q3 level residuals occupation employed relative exposure indicator across occupations total 15 125 measurements derived three cycles konehs used analysis overall geometric means gms geometric standard deviation gsd urine 1ohp levels 016 g g1 creatinine 307 respectively among submajor occupational groups construction mining related elementary occupations showed highest fraction 045 exceeding q3 level residuals among minor occupational groups deliverers showed high fraction 042 exceeding q3 level residuals indicates rapidly growing occupations addressed results provide ancillary information regarding pah exposure across occupations especially occupations pah exposure well characterized