为家庭环境使用的低成本危险选套件的验证
Alyssa Wicks1, Ornella Joseph1, Jocelyn Keranen2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
概括
一个新的低成本的检测套件有效地识别了家庭中的危险,补充了官方检查. 这种工具可以帮助扩大卫生部门提供的预防服务.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 分析化学 分析化学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 儿童暴露主要发生在家庭环境中.
- 目前用于选家庭危险的方法成本昂贵.
- 此前已经开发了一种使用X射线光光谱学 (XRF) 的低成本 (约20美元) 定量检测套件.
研究的目的:
- 进行后续实施研究和统计分析的查套件.
- 将选套件的有效性与政府标准的检查进行比较.
- 评估选套件在扩大预防服务方面的有用性.
主要方法:
- 采集和分析土壤,涂料和灰尘样本,使用选套件和XRF.
- 对近400个查工具结果进行了相关性和主要组件分析.
- 在107个家庭中,与检查和风险评估 (LIRA) 进行了对比查套件结果.
主要成果:
- 相关性分析表明了所有八个样本位置的实用性.
- 主要组件分析确定了室内和室外涂料是印第安纳州房屋的主要源.
- 查套件与74%的测试家庭的LIRA发现一致.
结论:
- 检测套件是识别家庭中危害的可行工具.
- 套件的结果表明,室内和室外涂料是重要的来源.
- 查套件可以加强卫生部门的预防工作.
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