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  1. Article: Fatal incidents involving pickup trucks in Alabama.

    Hamar, G B / King, W / Bolton, A / Fine, P R

    Southern medical journal

    1991  Volume 84, Issue 3, Page(s) 349–354

    Abstract: Death or injury resulting from crashes involving light trucks (ie, pickup trucks) is a significant problem. Data show that fatal crashes and occupant fatalities involving light trucks have steadily increased since 1983. This project describes vehicle ... ...

    Abstract Death or injury resulting from crashes involving light trucks (ie, pickup trucks) is a significant problem. Data show that fatal crashes and occupant fatalities involving light trucks have steadily increased since 1983. This project describes vehicle crashes involving passengers riding in the beds of pickup trucks. Actual crashes were identified through the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The 40 incidents studied involved 204 pickup truck passengers. Of these, 45 were killed, 107 sustained visible injuries or were carried from the scene, 6 had bruises and abrasions, and 2 had no visible injury but were briefly unconscious or had a documented complaint of pain. The risk of death among pickup truck passengers who were fully ejected from the vehicle was nearly six times that of passengers not fully ejected. Correspondingly, the risk of ejection from the truck was 26.7 times greater among occupants riding in the bed than occupants riding in the cab.
    MeSH term(s) Accidents, Traffic/mortality ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Alabama/epidemiology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Risk Factors ; Seasons ; Time Factors ; Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology ; Wounds and Injuries/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 1991-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 185329-6
    ISSN 1541-8243 ; 0038-4348
    ISSN (online) 1541-8243
    ISSN 0038-4348
    DOI 10.1097/00007611-199103000-00011
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  2. Article: Volatile organic compound testing of a population living near a hazardous waste site.

    Hamar, G B / McGeehin, M A / Phifer, B L / Ashley, D L

    Journal of exposure analysis and environmental epidemiology

    1996  Volume 6, Issue 2, Page(s) 247–255

    Abstract: Accurate measures of individual exposure are critical in reducing misclassification and establishing scientifically valid associations between health outcomes and exposures to environmental contaminants. As part of a community health study, the Agency ... ...

    Abstract Accurate measures of individual exposure are critical in reducing misclassification and establishing scientifically valid associations between health outcomes and exposures to environmental contaminants. As part of a community health study, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry conducted exposure testing for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the blood of people residing near an industrial complex. The purposes of the study were to assess recent exposures to VOCs in this community and to assess the utility of conducting blood VOC testing on populations near hazardous waste sites. One hundred blood specimens from the target area and 106 blood specimens from the control area were collected for analysis. The blood VOC levels in the target-area participants were compared to those in the control area and to a national reference population. Of the 31 separate VOCs for which testing was done, only acetone was statistically significantly (p < 0.05) higher in target-area participants (1,636 parts per billion [ppb]) than in control-area participants (1,353 ppb). 1,1,1-Trichloroethane was found at higher geometric mean levels in the control group (0.169 ppb) than in the target group (0.115 ppb) (p = 0.01). Median blood levels of 2-butanone and 1,4-dichlorobenzene were slightly higher in both target- and control-area groups than in the national reference population, but neither area was statistically significantly higher than the national reference population for any contaminant measured. Overall, there appeared to be no association between residing in the target area and elevated blood VOC levels. Based on the results of this study, blood VOC testing should be limited to populations living near sites where environmental testing has shown recent, elevated VOC exposure, or where unusual circumstances of illness may be attributed to VOC exposure.
    MeSH term(s) Acetone/blood ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Butanones/blood ; Case-Control Studies ; Child ; Confidence Intervals ; Environmental Exposure ; Female ; Hazardous Waste ; Humans ; Hydrocarbons/blood ; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/blood ; Industrial Waste ; Kentucky ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Odds Ratio ; Reference Values ; Sampling Studies
    Chemical Substances Butanones ; Hazardous Waste ; Hydrocarbons ; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated ; Industrial Waste ; Acetone (1364PS73AF)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1996-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1146960-2
    ISSN 1053-4245
    ISSN 1053-4245
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