{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Anderson KA"],"funding":["NIEHS NIH HHS","NIH HHS"],"pagination":["551-559"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5658681"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["27(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Wristbands are increasingly used for assessing personal chemical exposures. Unlike some exposure assessment tools, guidelines for wristbands, such as preparation, applicable chemicals, and transport and storage logistics, are lacking. We tested the wristband's capacity to capture and retain 148 chemicals including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, flame retardants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). The chemicals span a wide range of physical-chemical properties, with log octanol-air partitioning coefficients from 2.1 to 13.7. All chemicals were quantitatively and precisely recovered from initial exposures, averaging 102% recovery with relative SD ≤21%. In simulated transport conditions at +30 °C, SVOCs were stable up to 1 month (average: 104%) and VOC levels were unchanged (average: 99%) for 7 days. During long-term storage at -20 °C up to 3 (VOCs) or 6 months (SVOCs), all chemical levels were stable from chemical degradation or diffusional losses, averaging 110%. Applying a paired wristband/active sampler study with human participants, the first estimates of wristband-air partitioning coefficients for PAHs are presented to aid in environmental air concentration estimates. Extrapolation of these stability results to other chemicals within the same physical-chemical parameters is expected to yield similar results. As we better define wristband characteristics, wristbands can be better integrated in exposure science and epidemiological studies."],"journal":["Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology"],"pubmed_title":["Preparation and performance features of wristband samplers and considerations for chemical exposure assessment."],"pmcid":["PMC5658681"],"funding_grant_id":["T32 ES007060","UG3 OD023290","R33 ES024718","R21 ES024718"],"pubmed_authors":["Hoffman PD","Dixon HM","Scott RP","Wilson G","Herbstman JB","O'Connell SG","Anderson KA","Tidwell LG","Points GL","Donald CE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Preparation and performance features of wristband samplers and considerations for chemical exposure assessment.","description":"Wristbands are increasingly used for assessing personal chemical exposures. Unlike some exposure assessment tools, guidelines for wristbands, such as preparation, applicable chemicals, and transport and storage logistics, are lacking. We tested the wristband's capacity to capture and retain 148 chemicals including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, flame retardants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). The chemicals span a wide range of physical-chemical properties, with log octanol-air partitioning coefficients from 2.1 to 13.7. All chemicals were quantitatively and precisely recovered from initial exposures, averaging 102% recovery with relative SD ≤21%. In simulated transport conditions at +30 °C, SVOCs were stable up to 1 month (average: 104%) and VOC levels were unchanged (average: 99%) for 7 days. During long-term storage at -20 °C up to 3 (VOCs) or 6 months (SVOCs), all chemical levels were stable from chemical degradation or diffusional losses, averaging 110%. Applying a paired wristband/active sampler study with human participants, the first estimates of wristband-air partitioning coefficients for PAHs are presented to aid in environmental air concentration estimates. Extrapolation of these stability results to other chemicals within the same physical-chemical parameters is expected to yield similar results. As we better define wristband characteristics, wristbands can be better integrated in exposure science and epidemiological studies.","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Nov","modification":"2024-11-09T06:37:36.677Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:00:06Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5658681","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28745305"],"doi":["10.1038/jes.2017.9"]}}