Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Relation to Family Characteristics, Stressors and Chemical Co-Exposures in California Girls

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Windham, Gayle C. ; Soriano, Jasmine W. ; Dobraca, Dina ; Sosnoff, Connie S. ; Hiatt, Robert A. ; Kushi, Lawrence H.
• Description:
  Childhood environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes and may disproportionately burden lower socioeconomic status groups, exacerbating health disparities. We explored associations of demographic factors, stressful life events, and chemical co-exposures, with cotinine levels, among girls in the CYGNET Study. Data were collected from families of girls aged 6-8 years old in Northern California, through clinic exams, questionnaires and biospecimens (n = 421). Linear regression and factor analysis were conducted to explore predictors of urinary cotinine and co-exposure body burdens, respectively. In unadjusted models, geometric mean cotinine concentrations were higher among Black (0.59 ug/g creatinine) than non-Hispanic white (0.27), Asian (0.32), or Hispanic (0.34) participants. Following adjustment, living in a rented home, lower primary caregiver education, and lack of two biologic parents in the home were associated with higher cotinine concentrations. Girls who experienced parental separation or unemployment in the family had higher unadjusted cotinine concentrations. Higher cotinine was also associated with higher polybrominated diphenyl ether and metals concentrations. Our findings have environmental justice implications as Black and socio-economically disadvantaged young girls experienced higher ETS exposure, also associated with higher exposure to other chemicals. Efforts to reduce ETS and co-exposures should account for other disparity-related factors.
• Subjects:
  Adult Caregivers Child Cotinine Environmental Exposure Factor Analysis, Statistical Family Characteristics Female Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers Health Status Disparities Humans Linear Models Metals Racial Groups Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Smoke Pollution

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• Source:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019; 16(21)
• Pubmed ID:
  31671594
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6862570
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01ES019435/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 ES012801/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; P01 ES009584/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; P30 ES006096/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 RR024131/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 RR029887/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 RR026314/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  21
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:81ce6d7274a0237bf036b01a746a1867d2917ef85e8704e6ce3b809e1e18a33f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/89638/cdc_89638_DS1.pdf
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