Browsing by Author "Allen, Joseph"
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Airplane pilot mental health and suicidal thoughts: a cross-sectional descriptive study via anonymous web-based survey
Wu, Alexander C.; Donnelly-McLay, Deborah; Weisskopf, Marc G.; McNeely, Eileen; Betancourt, Theresa S.; Allen, Joseph G. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The Germanwings Flight 9525 crash has brought the sensitive subject of airline pilot mental health to the forefront in aviation. Globally, 350 million people suffer from depression–a common mental disorder. ... -
Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments
Allen, Joseph G.; MacNaughton, Piers; Satish, Usha; Santanam, Suresh; Vallarino, Jose; Spengler, John D. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)Background: The indoor built environment plays a critical role in our overall well-being because of both the amount of time we spend indoors (~90%) and the ability of buildings to positively or negatively influence our ... -
Economic, Environmental and Health Implications of Enhanced Ventilation in Office Buildings
MacNaughton, Piers; Pegues, James; Satish, Usha; Santanam, Suresh; Spengler, John; Allen, Joseph (MDPI, 2015)Introduction: Current building ventilation standards are based on acceptable minimums. Three decades of research demonstrates the human health benefits of increased ventilation above these minimums. Recent research also ... -
Exposure to flame retardant chemicals on commercial airplanes
Allen, Joseph Gardner; Stapleton, Heather M; Vallarino, Jose A.; McNeely, Eileen; McClean, Michael D; Harrad, Stuart J; Rauert, Cassandra B; Spengler, John D. (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Flame retardant chemicals are used in materials on airplanes to slow the propagation of fire. These chemicals migrate from their source products and can be found in the dust of airplanes, creating the potential ... -
Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes: Diacetyl, 2,3-Pentanedione, and Acetoin in a Sample of 51 Products, Including Fruit-, Candy-, and Cocktail-Flavored E-Cigarettes
Allen, Joseph G.; Flanigan, Skye S.; LeBlanc, Mallory; Vallarino, Jose; MacNaughton, Piers; Stewart, James H.; Christiani, David C. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)Background: There are > 7,000 e-cigarette flavors currently marketed. Flavoring chemicals gained notoriety in the early 2000s when inhalation exposure of the flavoring chemical diacetyl was found to be associated with a ... -
Green Buildings and Health
Allen, Joseph G.; MacNaughton, Piers; Laurent, Jose Guillermo Cedeno; Flanigan, Skye S.; Eitland, Erika Sita; Spengler, John D. (Springer International Publishing, 2015)Green building design is becoming broadly adopted, with one green building standard reporting over 3.5 billion square feet certified to date. By definition, green buildings focus on minimizing impacts to the environment ... -
Green Buildings and Health
MacNaughton, Piers (2016-09-28)40 years of public health research on buildings has identified the indoor environmental drivers of health and productivity. Concurrently, increased environmental awareness spurred the green building movement with the goal ... -
Impact of Cabin Ozone Concentrations on Passenger Reported Symptoms in Commercial Aircraft
Bekö, Gabriel; Allen, Joseph G.; Weschler, Charles J.; Vallarino, Jose; Spengler, John D. (Public Library of Science, 2015)Due to elevated ozone concentrations at high altitudes, the adverse effect of ozone on air quality, human perception and health may be more pronounced in aircraft cabins. The association between ozone and passenger-reported ... -
Impact of environmental microbiota on human microbiota of workers in academic mouse research facilities: An observational study
Lai, Peggy Sue; Allen, Joseph Gardner; Hutchinson, Diane S.; Ajami, Nadim J.; Petrosino, Joseph F.; Winters, Thomas H.; Hug, Christopher; Wartenberg, Gary R.; Vallarino, Jose A.; Christiani, David Christopher (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017) -
PBDE flame retardants, thyroid disease, and menopausal status in U.S. women
Allen, Joseph G.; Gale, Sara; Zoeller, R. Thomas; Spengler, John D.; Birnbaum, Linda; McNeely, Eileen (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Women have elevated rates of thyroid disease compared to men. Environmental toxicants have been implicated as contributors to this dimorphism, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), flame retardant ... -
Reducing patients’ exposures to asthma and allergy triggers in their homes: an evaluation of effectiveness of grades of forced air ventilation filters
Brown, Kathleen Ward; Minegishi, Taeko; Allen, Joseph G.; McCarthy, John F.; Spengler, John D.; MacIntosh, David L. (Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., 2014)Objective: Many interventions to reduce allergen levels in the home are recommended to asthma and allergy patients. One that is readily available and can be highly effective is the use of high performing filters in forced ...