Grantee Research Project Results

2010 Progress Report: Effects of Stress and Traffic Pollutants on Childhood Asthma in an Urban Community

EPA Grant Number: R834579
Title: Effects of Stress and Traffic Pollutants on Childhood Asthma in an Urban Community
Investigators: Laumbach, Robert , Baptista, Ana , Kipen, Howard , Zhang, Junfeng , Fiedler, Nancy , Ohman-Strickland, Pamela
Current Investigators: Laumbach, Robert , Kipen, Howard , Greenberg, Molly , Fiedler, Nancy , Ohman-Strickland, Pamela
Institution: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Current Institution: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey , Ironbound Community Corporation , Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , Rutgers
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: June 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014 (Extended to June 30, 2016)
Project Period Covered by this Report: June 1, 2010 through May 30,2011
Project Amount: $1,249,960
RFA: Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments (2009) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Human Health

Objective:

The PI will test how chronic psychological stress modifies inflammatory and pulmonary function effects of acute exposures to traffic-related air pollutants. The primary outcomes he will evaluate are acute changes in fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO), a marker of pulmonary inflammation, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), a measure of lung function. He will look at the role of both psychosocial stress and air pollutant exposure individually and together in affecting FENO and FEV1.

Progress Summary:

No reportable accomplishments to date.

Future Activities:

Researchers will begin enrolling subjects in September 2011.

Journal Articles:

No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 4 publications for this project

Supplemental Keywords:

Environmental management, scientific discipline, health, risk management, biology, risk assessments, health risk assessment, environmental monitoring, exposure assessment, inhalation study, airshed modeling, cumulative risk, allergens, children's health, human health risk, ambient particle health effects, air pollution, airway disease, lung disease, anthropogenic stress, allergic airway disease, Health, Scientific Discipline, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Health Risk Assessment, Risk Assessments, Biology, Risk Management, Environmental Monitoring, asthma, lung disease, children's health, airshed modeling, cumulative risk, allergens, ambient particle health effects, air pollution, human health risk, inhalation study, airway disease, exposure assessment, anthropogenic stress

Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

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