Yan Lin

Journal Article Environmental research · December 2025 BackgroundAir pollution exposure during pregnancy has been associated with reduced fetal growth and birth weight, but mechanisms mediating this association are not well understood.ObjectivesWe examined whether pregnancy air pollution expo ... Full text Cite

PM2.5 and NO2 exposure during pregnancy and measures of fetal size and attained size at birth

Journal Article Air Quality Atmosphere and Health · December 1, 2025 Air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been associated with reduced fetal size and birth weight, but the sensitive exposure windows for these associations are not well established. We examined the association between gestational air pollution exposure ... Full text Cite

Associations between element mixtures and biomarkers of pathophysiologic pathways related to autism spectrum disorder.

Journal Article Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) · October 2025 ObjectiveWe previously documented that exposure to a spectrum of elements is associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there is a lack of mechanistic understanding as to how elemental mixtures contribute to the ASD development.M ... Full text Cite

Nitrated Fatty Acids and Susceptibility of COPD to Air Pollution: Evidence from a Randomized Crossover Study.

Journal Article Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · September 2025 Previous studies documented increased nitrative stress and susceptibility to air pollution among individuals with chronic inflammatory conditions. This study examines the role of anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective nitrated fatty acids (i.e., NO2 Full text Cite

Urinary Pyrene Carboxylic Acid as a Novel Exposure Biomarker of Woodsmoke.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology letters · September 2025 Quantifying people's exposure to wildfires is essential for assessing related health risks. While hydroxyl metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are commonly used exposure biomarkers of combustion-originated air pollutants, methylated PAHs ... Full text Cite

ALX/FPR2 Contributes to Serum Amyloid A-Induced Lung Neutrophil Recruitment Following Acute Ozone Exposure.

Journal Article FASEB J · June 15, 2025 Ozone (O3) is a toxic air pollutant that causes pulmonary inflammation, neutrophil recruitment, and lung injury. Part of the inflammatory response to O3 includes altered expression of formyl peptide receptor 2 (ALX/FPR2), a G protein-coupled receptor expre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interactive effects of air pollutants and viral exposure on daily influenza hospital visits in Mongolia.

Journal Article Environ Res · March 1, 2025 BACKGROUND: Air pollution is a well-documented public health hazard linked to various adverse health outcomes. While studies have shown associations between elevated levels of air pollutants and increased influenza incidence, there is a notable knowledge g ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gestational exposure to PM2.5, NO2, and sex steroid hormones: Identifying critical windows of exposure in the Rochester UPSIDE Cohort.

Journal Article Environ Epidemiol · February 2025 BACKGROUND: Sex steroid hormones are critical for maintaining pregnancy and optimal fetal development. Air pollutants are potential endocrine disruptors that may disturb sex steroidogenesis during pregnancy, potentially leading to adverse health outcomes. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Benzo[<i>a</i>]pyrene and phenanthrene hemoglobin adducts as biomarkers of longer-term air pollution exposure.

Journal Article Environmental science. Processes & impacts · January 2025 Urinary hydroxylated-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), with half-life less than 2 days, are established biomarkers of short-term exposure to PAHs, a ubiquitous constituent of air pollution mixture. In this study, we explore the use of PAHs-hemoglobi ... Full text Cite

Short term air pollution exposure during pregnancy and associations with maternal immune markers.

Journal Article Environ Res · November 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been associated with numerous adverse pregnancy, birth, and child health outcomes. One proposed mechanism underlying these associations is maternal immune activation and dysregulation. We examined ass ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reduction in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in Beijing following China's clean air actions.

Journal Article Science bulletin · October 2024 Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Chinese population was among the highest globally and associated with various adverse effects. This study examines the impact of China's two-phase clean air initiatives, namely the Air Pollution Pr ... Full text Cite

Associations of Gestational Exposure to Air Pollution and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Placental Inflammation.

Journal Article Environ Health (Wash) · September 20, 2024 Restricted fetal growth (RFG) is a leading contributor to perinatal mortality and has been associated with gestational exposure to air pollution, such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exposure to Low-Level Air Pollution and Hyperglycemia Markers during Pregnancy: A Repeated Measure Analysis.

Journal Article Environ Sci Technol · September 10, 2024 Epidemiologic evidence has emerged showing an association between exposure to air pollution and increased risks of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This study examines the effect of low-level air pollution exposure on a subclinical biomarker of hypergl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Systemic oxidative stress levels during the course of pregnancy: Associations with exposure to air pollutants.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · September 2024 Increased systemic oxidative stress, implicated in adverse pregnancy outcomes for both mothers and fetuses, has been associated with gestational exposure to air pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ... Full text Cite

Urinary Iodine Metabolomics as a Novel Tool for Understanding Environmentally Induced Thyroid Hormone Metabolic Alteration

Journal Article Environmental Science and Technology Letters · August 13, 2024 In this study, we developed a novel iodine metabolomic method and identified 42 iodine-containing compounds in urine. Using in vitro experiments, we confirmed that these compounds were degradation metabolites of thyroid hormones (THs) and may be used to un ... Full text Cite

Glycerophospholipid metabolism changes association with ozone exposure.

Journal Article Journal of hazardous materials · August 2024 Exposure to ozone (O3) has been associated with cardiovascular outcomes in humans, yet the underlying mechanisms of the adverse effect remain poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the association between O3 exposure and glyceroph ... Full text Cite

Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene in pregnant women in a Northeastern U.S. city: socioeconomic disparity and contributions from air pollution sources.

Journal Article J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol · May 2024 BACKGROUND: Maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), ubiquitous constituents of air pollution, has been associated with adverse birth outcomes. Yet it remains unclear whether and how socioeconomic status (SES) affects gestational PAH e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Arachidonic Acid Metabolites in Self-collected Biospecimens Following Campfire Exposure: Exploring Non-invasive Biomarkers of Wildfire Health Effects.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology letters · March 2024 Climate change has contributed to increased frequency and intensity of wildfire. Studying its acute effects is limited due to unpredictable nature of wildfire occurrence, which necessitates readily deployable techniques to collect biospecimens. To identify ... Full text Cite

The Effects of Indoor Air Filtration on Cardiometabolic Outcomes Among Individuals in Urban Los Angeles

Conference 18th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate Indoor AIR 2024 Conference Program and Proceedings · January 1, 2024 This study aims to assess the potential benefits of a longer-term indoor HEPA filtration intervention in improving the cardio-metabolic profiles of older adults. We present a profile of sociodemographic, health, and indoor exposure-related lifestyle charac ... Cite

Generating High Spatial Resolution Exposure Estimates from Sparse Regulatory Monitoring Data.

Journal Article Atmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994) · November 2023 Random Forest algorithms have extensively been used to estimate ambient air pollutant concentrations. However, the accuracy of model-predicted estimates can suffer from extrapolation problems associated with limited measurement data to train the machine le ... Full text Cite

Exposure Markers of Nitrated Aromatic Compounds and the Association with Nitrative Stress

Journal Article Environmental Science and Technology Letters · September 12, 2023 Nitrated aromatic compounds (NACs) belong to a group of ubiquitous environmental contaminants, and lacking exposure markers has restricted the accurate assessment of their exposure and subsequent health effects. Hence, based on gas chromatography and tande ... Full text Cite

Urinary Amino-PAHs in relation to diesel engine emissions and urinary mutagenicity.

Journal Article International journal of hygiene and environmental health · August 2023 Diesel exhaust has long been of health concern due to established toxicity including carcinogenicity in humans. However, the precise components of diesel engine emissions that drive carcinogenesis are still unclear. Limited work has suggested that nitrated ... Full text Cite

Association between Childhood Asthma Control Test scores and lung pathophysiologic indicators in longitudinal measurements.

Journal Article Journal of thoracic disease · August 2023 BackgroundChildhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) is a well-validated questionnaire for asthma controls among 4-11 years old children. This study aims to examine if longitudinal C-ACT score changes could also reflect lung pathophysiologic changes. Full text Cite

Metabolic pathways altered by air pollutant exposure in association with lipid profiles in young adults.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · June 2023 Mounting evidence suggests that air pollution influences lipid metabolism and dyslipidemia. However, the metabolic mechanisms linking air pollutant exposure and altered lipid metabolism is not established. In year 2014-2018, we conducted a cross-sectional ... Full text Cite

Prenatal and Childhood Smoke Exposure Associations with Cognition, Language, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Journal Article J Pediatr · May 2023 OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships of prenatal and childhood smoke exposure with specific neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems during early childhood. STUDY DESIGN: A subsample (n = 386) of mother-child dyads from the Newborn Epigenetic Study (NE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Arachidonic acid metabolism and inflammatory biomarkers associated with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Journal Article Environmental research · September 2022 Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been associated with systemic inflammation, yet what mechanisms regulate PAHs' inflammatory effects are less understood. This study evaluated the change of arachidonic acid (ARA) metabolites and infla ... Full text Cite

Passive smoking and urinary oxidative biomarkers: A pilot study of healthy travelers from Los Angeles to Beijing.

Journal Article International journal of hygiene and environmental health · September 2022 There is a great heterogeneity in smoking prevalence and tobacco control policy across different countries. However, it is unknown whether this heterogeneity could cause increased passive smoking and adverse health effects among international travelers. In ... Full text Cite

Triglyceride profiles are associated with subacute exposure to bisphenol A in healthy young adults.

Journal Article The Science of the total environment · June 2022 Conflicted results from previous epidemiological studies call for mechanistic evidence to associate exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) with cardiometabolic diseases. In this natural experiment among healthy travelers from Los Angeles (LA) to Beijing, we collect ... Full text Cite

Field Evaluation of a Potential Exposure Biomarker of Methylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Association between Urinary Phenanthrene-2-carboxylic Acid and Personal Exposure to 2-Methylphenanthrene

Journal Article Environmental Science and Technology Letters · February 8, 2022 Previous in vitro studies identified carboxylic acids as the major metabolites of methylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We have previously detected phenanthrene-2-carboxylic acid (2-PHECA) in human urine, but a direct linkage between this bio ... Full text Cite

Dried Blood Spot Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Associated with Blood Pressure in Rural Senegalese Women with Incident Hypertension.

Journal Article Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · December 2021 Blood biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation have been associated with increased risk of hypertension development; yet their application in sub-Saharan Africa has been limited due to the lack of blood collection facilities. In this study, we evalu ... Full text Cite

Urinary Amino-Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Residents: Finding a Biomarker for Residential Exposure to Diesel Traffic.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · August 2021 Despite substantial evidence of marked exposure to and ill-health effects from diesel exhaust (DE) emissions among occupational population (e.g., miners, truck drivers, and taxi drivers), it is less understood to what extent non-occupational population was ... Full text Cite

Electronic and Tobacco Cigarettes Alter Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Oxidative Biomarkers.

Journal Article Circulation research · August 2021 [Figure: see text]. ... Full text Cite

Malondialdehyde in dried blood spots: a biomarker of systemic lipid peroxidation linked to cardiopulmonary symptoms and risk factors.

Journal Article Journal of thoracic disease · June 2021 BackgroundThere are few oxidative biomarkers that can be used in resource-limited settings (e.g., rural Africa) where blood collection facilities are lacking. This study aims to evaluate the potential of malondialdehyde (MDA) in dried blood spots ... Full text Cite

Metabolomic Changes after Subacute Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Natural Experiment among Healthy Travelers from Los Angeles to Beijing.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · April 2021 Emerging epidemiological evidence has associated exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with chronic diseases including cardiometabolic diseases and neurodegeneration. However, little information is available about their subacute effects, whic ... Full text Cite

Nitrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Arachidonic Acid Metabolisms Relevant to Cardiovascular Pathophysiology: Findings from a Panel Study in Healthy Adults.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · March 2021 Concerns on nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) in the environment have mainly arisen from their mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. The objective of this study is to investigate whether nitro-PAH exposures are associated with biomarkers ... Full text Cite

Impacts of electronic cigarettes usage on air quality of vape shops and their nearby areas.

Journal Article The Science of the total environment · March 2021 With the rapid growth of the electronic cigarette (e-cig) market, there is an increasing number of vape shops that exclusively sell e-cigs. The use of e-cigs in the vape shop is a primary source of indoor particles, which might transport to its nearby indo ... Full text Cite

Urinary carboxylic acid metabolites as possible novel biomarkers of exposures to alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Journal Article Environment international · February 2021 Previous studies have found that alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (alkyl-PAHs) were more abundant in petrogenic sources (e.g., crude oil and its refined products) than pyrogenic sources of incomplete combustion. While urinary hydroxylated metabol ... Full text Cite

Negative ions offset cardiorespiratory benefits of PM_2.5 reduction from residential use of negative ion air purifiers.

Journal Article Indoor air · January 2021 Negative ion air purifiers (NIAPs), as a less costly alternative to the HEPA filtration, have been increasingly deployed in China and potentially elsewhere. While reducing indoor concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ), NIAPs generate ... Full text Cite

The role of Hipk2-p53 pathways in arsenic-induced autistic behaviors: A translational study from rats to humans.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · December 2020 Previous studies have associated the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with increased exposures to metals and metalloids such as arsenic. In this study, we used an animal-to-human translational strategy to identify key molecular changes that potential ... Full text Cite

Associations of ozone exposure with urinary metabolites of arachidonic acid.

Journal Article Environment international · December 2020 BackgroundOzone (O3) exposure has been associated with biomarkers of platelet activation and oxidative stress. The metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) plays an important role in platelet activation and oxidative stress. However, AA meta ... Full text Cite

Transport and mitigation of exhaled electronic cigarette aerosols in a Multizone indoor environment

Journal Article Aerosol and Air Quality Research · November 1, 2020 Using an electronic cigarette (e-cig) has been shown to emit a substantial amount of particles and degrade indoor air quality. Here, we tested the effectiveness of different mitigation strategies to reduce indoor particulate pollution due to e-cigs. We sim ... Full text Cite

Different temporal trends of exposure to Bisphenol A among international travelers between Los Angeles and Beijing.

Journal Article Environment international · August 2020 Recent studies suggested a significant downward trend in population's exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) in the United States. However, the temporal trend of BPA exposure remains unclear in China - a populous country with substantial industrial activities but l ... Full text Cite

Effects of Electronic Cigarettes on Indoor Air Quality and Health.

Journal Article Annual review of public health · April 2020 With the rapid increase in electronic cigarette (e-cig) users worldwide, secondhand exposure to e-cig aerosols has become a serious public health concern. We summarize the evidence on the effects of e-cigs on indoor air quality, chemical compositions of ma ... Full text Cite

Impacts of electronic cigarettes usage on indoor air quality of vape shop and nearby business

Conference 16th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate Creative and Smart Solutions for Better Built Environments Indoor Air 2020 · January 1, 2020 Cite

Pro-Oxidative and Proinflammatory Effects After Traveling From Los Angeles to Beijing: A Biomarker-Based Natural Experiment.

Journal Article Circulation · December 2019 BackgroundExposure to air pollution increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Preventing chronic cardiovascular diseases caused by air pollution relies on detecting the early effects of pollutants on the risk of cardiovascular disease deve ... Full text Cite

Infiltration of diesel exhaust from a loading dock into a nearby building

Journal Article Atmospheric Environment · November 1, 2019 A loading dock is a common functional component of modern commercial and institutional buildings where substantial amount of air pollutants might be emitted by diesel trucks. This study aims to determine whether pollutants in a loading dock could infiltrat ... Full text Cite

A Preliminary Metabolomics Study on Air Pollution Associated Acute Biomarkers of Health Effect Based on a Migration Panel between Los Angeles and Beijing

Journal Article Beijing Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexue Ban Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis · May 20, 2019 A panel study was conducted between Los Angeles and Beijing with 14 healthy young subjects of exchange students from University of California Los Angeles. Urine samples were collected repeatedly and analyzed with a metabolomics approach based on gas chroma ... Full text Cite

Measurement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs) in ambient fine particulate matter using thermal desorption coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal Article Huanjing Kexue Xuebao Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae · June 6, 2018 Chemical composition is a key factor on the health effects of ambient fine particulate matter (i.e., PM 2.5 ), but so far evaluation of chemical component exposure to PM 2.5 is restricted by traditional analysis approach in epidemiolo ... Full text Cite

Assessing and reducing fine and ultrafine particles inside Los Angeles taxis

Journal Article Atmospheric Environment · May 1, 2018 Taxi drivers and passengers are exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollutants, but their exposures to fine (PM2.5) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) and related mitigation strategies are rarely explored. In this study, UFP and PM2.5 ... Full text Cite

Linkage between human population and trace elements in soils of the Pearl River Delta: Implications for source identification and risk assessment.

Journal Article The Science of the total environment · January 2018 The human population is both an emitter and receptor of metals. This study aims to clarify how the relationship of metals and metalloids to human populations influences their source characterization and health risk, based on metal concentrations in 298 soi ... Full text Cite

Application of a self-organizing map and positive matrix factorization to investigate the spatial distributions and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from Xiangfen County, northern China.

Journal Article Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · July 2017 The concentrations of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were measured in 128 surface soil samples from Xiangfen County, northern China. The total mass concentration of these PAHs ranged from 52 to 10,524ng/g, with a mean of 723ng/g. Four- ... Full text Cite

High efficiency cabin air filter in vehicles reduces drivers' roadway particulate matter exposures and associated lipid peroxidation.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2017 Commuters who spend long hours on roads are exposed to high levels of traffic related air pollutants (TRAPs). Despite some well-known multiple adverse effects of TRAPs on human health, limited studies have focused on mitigation strategies to reduce these e ... Full text Cite

Corrigendum to “A novel approach for apportionment between primary and secondary sources of airborne nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs)” (Atmos. Environ. (2016) 138C (108–113) (S1352231016303521) (10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.017))

Journal Article Atmospheric Environment · January 1, 2017 The authors regret that an error occurs in Equations (2), (3) and (6). The correct versions of the three equations are: [Formula presented] The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. ... Full text Cite

A quantitative assessment of source contributions to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5)-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their nitrated and hydroxylated derivatives in Hong Kong.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · December 2016 Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives are of great concern due to their adverse health effects. However, source identification and apportionment of these compounds, particularly their nitrated and hydroxylated derivative ... Full text Cite

Macrophage-Mediated Effects of Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) on Hepatocyte Insulin Resistance in Vitro

Journal Article ACS Omega · November 30, 2016 Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution poses significant health risks worldwide, including metabolic syndrome-related diseases with the characteristic feature of insulin resistance. However, the mechanism and influencing factors of this effec ... Full text Cite

Atmospheric PAHs in North China: Spatial distribution and sources.

Journal Article The Science of the total environment · September 2016 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), formed through incomplete combustion process, have adverse health effects. To investigate spatial distribution and sources of PAHs in North China, PAHs with passive sampling in 90 gridded sites during June to Septem ... Full text Cite

A novel approach for apportionment between primary and secondary sources of airborne nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs)

Journal Article Atmospheric Environment · August 1, 2016 Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs) are strong environmental mutagens and carcinogens originating from both primary emissions and secondary reactions in the atmosphere. The sources and the toxicity of different NPAH species could vary greatly ... Full text Cite

Urinary Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Association with Lipid Peroxidation: A Biomarker-Based Study between Los Angeles and Beijing.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · April 2016 Air pollution is among the top threats to human health in China. As air toxicants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) could bring significant risks to population; however, the exposure to PAHs in China and its health impact are not fully understood. I ... Full text Cite

Levels, spatial distribution, and exposure risks of decabromodiphenylethane in soils of North China.

Journal Article Environmental science and pollution research international · September 2015 Eighty-seven soil samples collected from North China were analyzed for decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE). The concentrations of DBDPE ranged from undetectable to 1612 ng/g, with the highest concentration present in Shandong. Additionally, the mean concentra ... Full text Cite

Sources, transformation, and health implications of PAHs and their nitrated, hydroxylated, and oxygenated derivatives in PM2.5 in Beijing

Journal Article Journal of Geophysical Research · January 1, 2015 Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a significant health issue in Chinese megacities. However, little information is available regarding the PM2.5-bound toxic organics, especially their sources, atmospheric transformations, and health implication ... Full text Cite

Concentrations and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrated PAHs (NPAHs) in the atmosphere of North China, and the transformation from PAHs to NPAHs.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · January 2015 The occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrated derivatives (NPAHs), as well as their transformation may have significant health impacts on humans. To investigate the level, spatial distribution and the transformation process of PAHs ... Full text Cite

Gridded field observations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soils of North China.

Journal Article Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology · May 2014 Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were measured in 87 soil samples collected from North China. Eleven PBDE congeners (BDE28, 47, 49, 66, 99, 100, 119, 183, 196, 203, and 209) were identified with a high frequency of detection (84-100 %) in soil sample ... Full text Cite

Polybromobenzene pollutants in the atmosphere of North China: levels, distribution, and sources.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · November 2013 Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are important persistent organic pollutants. Analysis of BFRs in atmospheric samples in a previous study led us to suspect the presence of unidentified organic bromides, other than polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), ... Full text Cite

Spatial distribution of polychlorinated naphthalenes in the atmosphere across North China based on gridded field observations.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · September 2013 Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) belong to a group of dioxin-like pollutants; however little information is available on PCNs in North China. In this study, gridded field observations by passive air sampling at 90 sites were undertaken to determine the ... Full text Cite

Gridded field observations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and decabromodiphenyl ethane in the atmosphere of north China.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · August 2013 Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are important pollutants, yet few data on ambient BFRs levels have been available for North China, one of the most developed regions of the country. In this study, we investi ... Full text Cite

Distribution of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in matched samples from pregnant women and carbon chain length related maternal transfer.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · July 2013 Although levels of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human maternal and neonatal blood have been widely reported in the literature, relationship of maternal-fetal transmission of PFASs with carbon chain length is presently not well understood. ... Full text Cite

Perfluorinated compounds in human blood, water, edible freshwater fish, and seafood in China: daily intake and regional differences in human exposures.

Journal Article Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · October 2011 Despite the growing public interest in perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), very few studies have reported the sources and pathways of human exposure to these compounds in China. In this study, concentrations of 10 PFCs were measured in human blood, water (tap ... Full text Cite