Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Alex, Shaunae (2018), Evaluating the particle-phase collection efficiency of a personal pesticide sampler
Cai, Changjie (2018), Development of a portable aerosol collector and spectrometer (PACS)
Clinger, Jayson C. (2018), Breakthrough analysis for filtering facepiece media and respirators with activated carbon
Gettz, Kevin Paul (2018), Development of an impinger method for sampling airborne nanocellulose
Huizinga, Nathan (2018), Association between occupational injury and early termination of employment among manufacturing workers
Knight, Kelci Rebecca (2018), Bioaerosols in agriculture: quantifying total airborne bacteria concentrations using molecular biology tools
LaDuca, Lauren Elizabeth (2018), Exploration of potential exposure to neonicotinoids in seed treatment and handling
Medgyesi, Danielle Nicolle (2018), Where children play: young child exposure to environmental hazards during play in public areas in a transitioning internally displaced persons community in Haiti
Ramaswamy, Maya (2018), Assessing occupational health among transitional agricultural workforces: a mixed methods study among U.S. beginning farmers and South Indian tea harvesting workers
Ricchio, Jessica L. (2018), Pesticide drift in the Midwest: 2010-2016
Scott-Harp, DeAnn (2018), Barriers to the adoption of safe beef cattle handling practices, equipment, and facilities in Iowa
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Beswick-Honn, Jessica Marie (2017), Evaluation of low-cost hydrogen sulfide monitors for use in agriculture
Brandon, Nicole Marie (2017), Toxicokinetics of intratracheally instilled 14C-labeled PCB28
Dausman, Taryn Bette Catherine (2017), Low cost air quality monitors in agriculture
De Vito, Christie (2017), Comparison of personal attenuation ratings attained by agricultural and industrial workers for four hearing protection types using the 3M E-A-RFIT dual validation system
Hallett, Laura Ann (2017), Design and laboratory evaluation of an inexpensive noise sensor
Holder, Craig Alan (2017), Investigation of exposure assessment methods and filtration of carbon nanotubes
Kersten, Joshua Todd (2017), Measuring manufacturing assembly worker task duration with radio frequency identification technology
Knowlton, Samantha Dawn (2017), Measuring bioaerosol concentrations generated from toilet flushes during hospital-based patient care
McCollom, Theresa Iren Szabo (2017), Design and evaluation of a high-flowrate nanoparticle respiratory deposistion (NRD) sampler
Rudolphi, Josie M. (2017), Occupational safety & health of young adult agricultural workers
Thedell, T. Aron (2017), Comparisons of a novel industrial hygiene filter material, wash solutions, and extraction methods in the detection and quantification of influenza virus
Tompkins, Abigail Vonne (2017), Evaluation of a prototype inhalable sampler: metal aerosols
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Crawford, Kathryn J. (2016), Assessment of noise in a medical intensive care unit
Gross, Nathan Alan (2016), Work-related injuries in a midwestern manufacturing facility
Johannes, Ashlee (2016), Health of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Iowa
Sanyang, Edrisa (2016), Risk factors and injury characteristics among trauma patients in the Gambia
Stark, Aimee Lizabeth (2016), Characterization of sand processed for use in hydraulic fracture mining
Wentworth, Leah Marie (2016), Suicide prevention and the workplace
Williams Ischer, Sarah Ashlee (2016), Evaluation of a sprinkler cooling system on inhalable dust and ammonia concentrations in broiler chicken production
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Butler-Dawson, Jaime Lorin (2015), Pesticide exposure, risk factors, and neurobehavioral performance among vulnerable populations
Gassman, Richard (2015), Effect of dust filtration control on CO2 and NH3 concentrations in a swine farrowing room
Kienlen, Laura L. (2015), Comparison of bioaerosol collection methods in the detection of airborne influenza virus
Mines, Levi Walden Dyer (2015), Porous polyurethane foam for use as a particle collection substrate in a Nanoparticle Respiratory Deposition Sampler
Ramirez, Joel Amilcar (2015), Evaluation of particle penetration and breathing resistance of N95 filtering face-piece respirators and uncertified dust masks
Yang, Anthony Yuan-Jung (2015), Effect of heater type on CO/CO2 concentrations in a farrowing barn
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dhakal, Kiran (2014), Sulfate conjugates are metabolite markers of inhalation exposure to 4-chlorobiphenyl (PCB3)
Girlando, Elanie Michelle (2014), Sampling for airborne influenza virus using RNA preservation buffer : a new approach
Greenan, Mitchell Joseph (2014), The effects of roadway characteristics on farm equipment crashes: a GIS approach
Green, Deirdre Renee (2014), Occupational noise exposures of college town restaurant employees
Meppelink, Shannon M. (2014), Certified safe farm injuries as they pertain to chronic disease
Ringgenberg, Wendy Jeannette Wehrman (2014), Trends and characteristics of occupational suicide and homicide in farmers and agriculture workers, 1992-2010
Sawvel, Russell (2014), Evaluation of shaker dust collector for use in a swine farrowing barn
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Anderson, Kimberly Rose (2013), Quantifying Uncertainty in Low Velocity Human Aspiration Studies: Effect of Secondary Aspiration and Thin-walled Reference Sampling in Low Velocity Conditions
Coleman, Kristen (2013), Detection of silica particles in lung tissue of non-occupationally exposed individuals by computer controlled scanning electron microscopy
Determan, Emily Marie (2013), Variability in muscle activity measurements among clinical ophthalmologists
Gallagher, Michael James (2013), Evaluation of pulmonary function cross-shift changes in dairy parlor workers using spirometry & exhaled nitric oxide
Getschman, Benjamin John (2013), Evaluation of the validity of the inhalable and "total" dust concentration ratio
Hoppe, Kimberly Ann (2013), Bioaerosol exposure assessment and the Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay
Horne, Adrianne (2013), An investigation of carbon nanotube exposure assessment methods
Hornick, Madeleine Kathleen (2013), Evaluating exposures to inhalable dust among dairy parlor workers
Leach, William Andrew (2013), Effect of deposited polydispersed particles on respirable cyclone penetration
Lebeck, Mark Gordon A. (2013), Building the case for residential herbicide exposure assessments in Iowa communities
Mills, Jessica Breyan (2013), Evaluation of the DiSCmini personal aerosol monitor for submicrometer sodium chloride and metal aerosols
Sawvel, Eric J. (2013), Use Of passive samplers to characterize the spatial heterogeneity of coarse particle mass concentration and composition in Cleveland, OH
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Barros, Nirmalla (2012), Predictability of radon airborne measurements based on surrogate measures
Capuano, Ana W. (2012), Constrained ordinal models with application in occupational and environmental health
Ferguson, Dwight Deon (2012), Assessment and mitigation of airborne transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in animal feeding operations and the outdoor environment
Hill, Barry Keith (2012), Field portable X-Ray fluorescence for rapid analysis Of titanium dioxide on air filters
Huang, Guannan (2012), Evaluation of airborne particle emissions from commercial products containing carbon nanotubes
Pavilonis, Brian Thomas (2012), Rural air quality and respiratory health
Reeve, Kelsie Ann (2012), Wintertime factors affecting contaminant distribution in farrowing barns
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Cao, Yanyan (2011), An epidemiological analysis of a university threat assessment team case load
Cena, Lorenzo (2011), Assessment of exposure to composite nanomaterials and development of a personal respiratory deposition sampler for nanoparticles
Ellickson, Daniel Emick (2011), Assessment of microscopy methods for distinguishing engineered nanoparticles from incidental nanoparticles
Hibbs, Matthew Lucas (2011), Capture velocity with slot entry to conical hood
Humann, Michael Jerome (2011), Hearing loss and task-based noise exposures among agricultural populations
Kang, Mitchell (2011), Assessment of NIOSH-approved N95 filter performance against varying conditions
Kleinschmidt, Travis Lee (2011), Modeling hydrogen sulfide emissions: are current swine animal feeding operation regulations effective at protecting against hydrogen sulfide exposure in Iowa?
Krzystowczyk, Jacob Alexzander (2011), Exposure assessment for automotive repair tasks in an attached garage
Mikulski, Marek Andrzej (2011), Epidemiology of beryllium sensitization and pneumoconiosis in the population of former nuclear weapons workers and current and former conventional munitions workers from the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Burlington, Iowa
Saleh, Sabah Khalid (2011), A device to validate concentration measured by direct reading instruments for aerosols
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Anderson, Kimberly Rose (2010), Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study investigating the effects of torso geometry simplification on aspiration efficiency
Leedom Larson, Kerry Reah (2010), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pork production facilities: occupational exposures and infections
Lozier, Matthew Joiner (2010), Determinants of Atrazine contamination in Iowa homes and occupational exposure in Central America
Meyers, Alysha Rose (2010), Prevention strategies for musculoskeletal disorders among high-risk occupational groups
Newnum, Justin Dale (2010), The effects of relative humidity on respirator performance
Shamsul, Ramesh Zakir bin (2010), Video exposure monitoring as a tool in workplace exposure assessment
Suh, Yang-Won (2010), An investigation of the phototoxicity of decabromodiphenyl ether and triclosan
Vosburgh, Donna Jean Holzer (2010), Use of direct-reading instruments for measuring airborne nanoparticles in the workplace
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Bedford, Ronald L. (2009), Utility of death certificate data in predicting cancer incidence
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Scott, Krista Janette (2008), Temperature dependency of burn-off emissions in the automobile industry
Sun, Kainan (2008), Field calibration of the glass-based retrospective radon detectors for epidemiologic applications
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Maddox, Catherine Michael (2007), Genotoxicity of 4-monochlorobiphenyl in the lung of transgenic male 344 Fisher rats
Myers, Kendall Page (2007), Zoonotic influenza and occupational risk factors in agricultural workers
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Mueller-Anneling, Linda J. (2004), Endotoxin in the urban and rural environment: ambient concentration and biomarkers of pulmonary exposure