Assessing Disparities in Americans’ Exposure to PCBs and PBDEs based on NHANES Pooled Biomonitoring Data
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基于 NHANES 混合生物监测数据评估美国人的 PCB 与 PBDE 暴露差异
- 研究问题
- 将个体样本混合后测得的污染物浓度如何用于回归分析，以比较年龄、收入和人口群体之间的暴露差异并调整混杂？
- 方法与思路
- 作者提出基于回归的方法解析混合测量，并用于 NHANES 数据，研究 PCB 与 PBDE 暴露的人口特征关联及时间变化。
- 材料陈述的贡献
- 摘要称，方法揭示了两类污染物不同的年龄与收入关联，以及调整混杂后的人口群体差异；两类浓度均随时间下降。
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- 应核对混合测量与个体分布的连接假设、回归识别依据、混杂调整变量，以及时间下降能否支持监管有效性的解释。
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原文摘要
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has been continuously biomonitoring Americans' exposure to two families of harmful environmental chemicals: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). However, biomonitoring these chemicals is expensive. To save cost, in 2005, NHANES resorted to pooled biomonitoring; i.e., amalgamating individual specimens to form a pool and measuring chemical levels from pools. Despite being publicly available, these pooled data gain limited applications in health studies. Among the few studies using these data, racial/age disparities were detected, but there is no control for confounding effects. These disadvantages are due to the complexity of pooled measurements and a dearth of statistical tools. Herein, we developed a regression-based method to unzip pooled measurements, which facilitated a comprehensive assessment of disparities in exposure to these chemicals. We found increasing dependence of PCBs on age and income, whereas PBDEs were the highest among adolescents and seniors and were elevated among the low-income population. In addition, Hispanics had the lowest PCBs and PBDEs among all demographic groups after controlling for potential confounders. These findings can guide the development of population-specific interventions to promote environmental justice. Moreover, both chemical levels declined throughout the period, indicating the effectiveness of existing regulatory policies.