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Research Areas

  • air and water pollution monitoring
  • ambient, indoor, and personal exposure modeling
  • developing instruments
  • biomarkers
  • methods for collecting, analyzing, and assessing the effects of physical, chemical, and biological factors
  • aquatic microbiology
  • microbial risk assessment
  • water and wastewater treatment

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Research Publications

Selected Publications: July 2003 –June 2005

This list includes books, book chapters, articles, and reviews in professional journals. It excludes letters, technical reports, or conference presentations.

Allen R, Larson T, Sheppard L, Wallace L, Liu L-JS. Use of real-time light scattering data to estimate the contribution of infiltrated and indoor-generated particles to indoor air. Environ Sci Technol 2003; 37:3484-3492.

Allen R, Wallace L, Liu L-J S Estimating hourly personal exposures to indoor- and outdoor-generated particles among sensitive populations in Seattle. Air & Waste Management Association 54: 1197–1211, 2004.

Crane PK, van Belle G, Larson EB. Test bias in a cognitive test: differential item functioning in the CASI. Stat Med 2004; 23(2):241-256.

Delfino RJ, Quintana PJE, Floro J, Gastañaga VM, Samimi BS, Kleinman MT, Bufalino C, Liu L J Sally, Wu CF, McLaren CE. Association of FEV1 with personal and microenvironmental exposure to airborne particulate matter in asthmatic children. Environ Health Perspect 112 (8): 932-941, 2004.

Dills RL, Paulsen M, Ahmad J, Kalman DA, Elias FN, Simpson CD. Evaluation of urinary methoxyphenols as biomarkers of woodsmoke exposure. Environ Sci Technol. 2006 Apr 1; 40(7):2163-2170.

Fenske RA, Lu C, Curl CL, Shirai JH, Kissel JC. Biologic monitoring to characterize organophosphorus pesticide exposure among children and workers: an analysis of recent studies in Washington State. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Nov; 113(11):1651-1657.

Jimenez J, Wu C-F, Claiborn C, Gould T, Simpson C, Larson T, Liu LJS. Agricultural burning smoke in Eastern Washington: Part I. Atmospheric characterization. Atmos Environ 2006; 40(4):639-650

Judd NL, Drew CH, Acharya C, Mitchell TA, Donatuto JL, Burns GW, Burbacher TM, Faustman EM. Marine Resources for Future Generations. Framing scientific analyses for risk management of environmental hazards by communities: case studies with seafood safety issues. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Nov; 113(11):1502-1508.

Judd NL, Griffith WC, Faustman EM. Consideration of cultural and lifestyle factors in defining susceptible populations for environmental disease. Toxicology. 2004; 198(1-3):121-33.

Judd NL, Griffith WC, Faustman EM. Contribution of PCB Exposure from fish consumption to total dioxin-like dietary exposure. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2004; 40(2)-125-135.

Judd NL, Karr JR, Griffith WC, Faustman EM. Challenges in defining background levels for human and ecological risk assessments. Hum Ecol Risk Assess 2003; (7):1623-1632.

Koenig JQ, Jansen K, Mar TF, Lumley T, Kaufman J, Trenga CA, Sullivan J, Liu LJ, Shapiro GG, Larson TV. Measurement of offline exhaled nitric oxide in a study of community exposure to air pollution. Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Oct;111(13):1625-9.

Kim E, Hopke PK, Larson TV, Maykut NN, Lewtas J. Factor Analysis of Seattle Fine Particles. Aerosol Sci Technol 2004; 38:724-738.

Kissel JC, Curl CL, Kedan G, Lu C, Griffith W, Barr DB, Needham LL, Fenske RA. Comparison of organophosphorus pesticide metabolite levels in single and multiple daily urine samples collected from preschool children in Washington State. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 2005; 15(2):164-71.

Larson T, Gould T, Simpson CD, Claiborn C. Lewtas J, Liu LJ-S. Source apportionment of indoor, outdoor and personal PM2.5 In Seattle, WA using positive matrix factorization. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 2004, 54:1175-1187.

Lewtas J. Combustion Emissions: Contribution to air pollution, human exposure, cancer, reproductive effects, and cardiovascular disease In: Foster WM, Costa, D eds. Air Pollutants and the Respiratory Tract, 2nd Ed. NY: Marcel Dekker, 2005.

Longstreth WT Jr, Phillips LE, Drangsholt M, Koepsell TD, Custer BS, Gehrels JA, van Belle G. Dental X-rays and the risk of intracranial meningioma. Cancer 2004, 100:1026-1034.

Mar TF, Ito K, Koenig JQ, Larson TV, Eatough DJ, Henry RC, Kim E, Laden F, Lall R, Neas L, Stolzel M, Paatero P, Hopke PK, Thurston GD. PM source apportionment and health effects. 3. Investigation of inter-method variations in associations between estimated source contributions of PM2.5 and daily mortality in Phoenix, AZ. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2006 Jul; 16(4):311-320.

Mar TF, Koenig JQ, Jansen K, Sullivan J, Kaufman J, Trenga CA, Siahpush SH, Liu LJ, Neas L. Fine particulate air pollution and cardiorespiratory effects in the elderly. Epidemiology. 2005 Sep; 16(5):681-687.

Maxfield M, Danniell WE, Treser CD, VanDerslice J. An evaluation of treated effluent quality of aerobic residential on-site sewage systems. J Environ Health 2003: 66(3):14-20.

Maykut N, Lewtas J, Kim E, Larson T. Source apportionment of PM2.5 at an urban IMPROVE site in Seattle, WA. Environ Sci Technol 2003; 37:5135 - 5142.

Meschke JS, Sobsey MD. Comparative reduction of Norwalk virus, poliovirus Type 1, F+ RNA coliphage MS2, and Escherichia coli in miniature soil columns. Water Sci Technol 2003; 47(3):85-90.

Olsen GW, Church TR, Larson EB, van Belle G, Lundberg JK, Hansen KJ, Burris JM, Mandel J, Zobel LR. Serum concentrations of perfluorooctanesulfonate and other fluorochemicals in an elderly population from Seattle, Washington. Chemosphere 2004; 54(11):1599-1611.

Sechena R, Liao S, Lorenzana R, Nakano C, Polissar N, Fenske R. Asian American and Pacific Islander seafood consumption – a community-based study in King County, Washington. J Exposure Anal Environ Epidemiol 2003; 13:256-266.

Shin GG, Faubert K, Linden G, and Sobsey MD. 2005. Inactivation of G. lamblia cysts in real field waters. Journal of Water and Environment Technology 3 (1): 41-45.

Shin G, Linden KG, Sobsey MD. Low pressure inactivation of pathogenic enteric viruses and bacteriophages. Environ Engin Sci 2004; 4(S1):S7-S11(1).

Shin G, Sobsey MD. Reduction of Norwalk virus, poliovirus 1 and coliphage MS2 by ozone disinfection of water. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69(7): 3975-3978.

Shoaf MB, Shirai JH, Kedan G, Schaum J, Kissel JC. Child dermal sediment loads following play in a tide flat. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2005 Sep; 15(5):407-412.

Shoaf MB, Shirai SH, Kedan G, Schaum J, Kissel JC. Adult dermal sediment loads following clam digging in tide flats. 2005 Soil & Sediment Contamination 14 (5): 463-470.

Steinmaus C, Bates MN, Yuan Y, Kalman D, Atallah R, Rey OA, Biggs ML, Hopenhayn C, Moore LE, Hoang BK, Smith AH. Arsenic methylation and bladder cancer risk in case-control studies in Argentina and the United States. J Occup Environ Med 2006;48(5):478-488.

Steinmaus C, Moore LE, Shipp M, Kalman D, Rey OA, Biggs ML, Hopenhayn C, Bates MN, Zheng S, Wiencke JK, Smith AH. Genetic polymorphisms in MTHFR 677 and 1298, GSTM1 and T1, and metabolism of arsenic. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2007;70(2):159-170.

Steinmaus C, Carrigan K, Kalman D, Atallah R, Yuan Y, Smith AH. Dietary intake and arsenic methylation in a US population. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2005;113:1153-1159.

Steinmaus CM, George CM, Kalman DA, Smith AH. Evaluation of two new arsenic field test kits capable of detecting arsenic water concentrations close to 10 microg/L. Environ Sci Technol. 2006 May 15; 40(10):3362-3366.

Sullivan JH, Schreuder AB, Trenga CA, Liu SL, Larson TV, Koenig JQ, Kaufman JD. Association between short term exposure to fine particulate matter and heart rate variability in older subjects with and without heart disease. Thorax. 2005 Jun;60(6):462-6.

van Belle G, Fisher L, Heagerty P, Lumley T Biostatistics: A Methodology for the Health Sciences. Second edition of Fisher and van Belle. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2004, 871 pages.

Weppner S, Elgethun K, Lu C, Hebert V, Yost MG, Fenske RA. The Washington aerial spray drift study: Children's exposure to methamidophos in an agricultural community following fixed-wing aircraft applications. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2006 Sep; 16(5):387-396.

Wolz S, Fenske RA, Simcox NJ, Palcisko GJ, Kissel JC. Residential arsenic and lead levels in an agricultural community with a history of lead arsenate use. Environ Research 93:293-300 (2003).

Wu CF, Delfino RJ, Floro JN, Samimi BS, Quintana PJE, Kleinman MT.,Liu L-JS. Evaluation of personal nephelometers in indoor, outdoor and personal environments. J. Exposure Analysis & Environmental Epidemiology: 15, 99–110, 2005.

Conference Presentations

Departmental investigators are bold-faced

ISEA/ISEE conference: Sept 2-6, 2006, Paris, France

Smith JA, Kissel JC, Shirai JH. Estimation of Children's Exposure via Poorly Characterized Pathways Using CTEPP Data

Smith JA, Kissel JC, Shirai JH. Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation of Permeability Coefficients from In Vivo Human Exposure to Aqueous Chloroform

Shirai JH, Spalt EW, Kissel JC. In Vitro Dermal Absorption of DEET from Soil

American Society for Microbiology: May 21–15, 2006, Orlando, Florida

Lee J-K, Freeman R, Cangelosi G, Shin G-A. Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) by ultraviolet irradiation

McLaughlin LA, Levy K, Beck NK, Smith JA, Eisenberg JN, Meschke JS. Laboratory efficacy compared to household effectiveness of chlorine use in rural coastal Ecuador

Air & Waste Management Association: June 20–23, 2006, New Orleans

Ireson R, Ondov J, Zielinska B, Weaver C, Engine, Easter M, Davey M, Hesterberg T, Lawson D, Liu L-JS. Explicit quantification of in-cabin concentrations of school bus exhaust and crankcase emissions using intentional tracers

Vedal S. Mortality and short term exposure to particulate matter: Size of effect estimates

Webber W, Davey M, Larson T, Liu L, Hesterberg T, Ireson R, Easter M, Lapin C, Zielinska B, Lawson D. Comparing three approaches of estimating bus self-pollution—a pilot study

Zielinska B, Campbell D, McDaniel M, Ireson R, Weaver C, Davey M, Liu L-JS, Lawson D, Hesterberg T. Chemical characterization of diesel crankcase and tailpipe PM emissions, including a quantitative deuterated tracer for lubricating oil

International Society of Exposure Analysis: Oct 30–Nov 3, 2005, Tucson, Arizona

Allen R, Estimation of exposure to ambient-generated PM in the “MESA Air” prospective cohort study

Cohen M, Design of the “MESA Air” prospective cohort study

Kissel JC, Norman AM, Smith JA, Shirai JH, Bunge AL. Dermal absorption of aqueous VOCs: Comparison of three skin models

Lewtas J, Urinary PAH metabolites and personal exposure to PM 2.5 in Seattle panel studies

Liu L-JS, Children’s exposures and health effects from diesel exhaust before and after retrofit

Lu C, Developing a real-time survey for collecting longi-tudinal dietary consumption patterns.

Lu C, Estimate dietary exposure to OP pesticides in children using two different dietary surveys

Lu C, Organic diets minimized children’s dietary exposure to commonly found OP pesticides

Shirai JH, Shoaf MB, Kedan G, Kissel JC. Surface-area weighted dermal sediment loads following activities in tide flats

Smith JA, Kissel JC, Shirai JH, Morgan MK, Sheldon LS, Croghan CW. Analysis of concordance of probabilistic aggregate exposure predictions with observed biomonitoring results: An example using CTEPP data

Spalt EW, Kissel JC, Shirai JH. Comparing concentration normalized average fluxes from soil to Potts-Guy water permeability coefficients

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