Personal and environmental predictors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure identified through repeated silicone wristband sampling.

ABSTRACT: This study integrates quantitative data on personal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in 162 silicone wristbands with demographics, behavioral information, and housing characteristics to explore contributions to residential exposure in a community influenced by historic and current industrial activities over the course of a year. Forty-six residents completed questionnaires and wore silicone wristbands as personal passive samplers for seven consecutive days on up to four separate occasions between November 2022 and June 2023; the repeated measures in this study lend insight into exposure sources with variability. It was hypothesized that individual behaviors and housing characteristics would be sources of dependence and correlation between personal PAH exposures. Fifty PA

SUBMITTER: Bonner EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12810937 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature