Enhancements    

R01: INHALATION OF CONTAMINATED MINE WASTE DUSTS AS A ROUTE FOR SYSTEMATIC METAL TOXICITY

R01: INHALATION OF CONTAMINATED MINE WASTE DUSTS AS A ROUTE FOR SYSTEMATIC METAL TOXICITY
PI: Hector Olvera Alvarez
Sponsor: NIH-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIROMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
School of Nursing
Amount awarded: $225,768

This project will model Particle Matter (PM) 10 emissions and atmospheric dispersion across the Navajo Nation to help estimate chronic exposure to a cohort of 279 participants. The modeling efforts will produce annually averaged ambient PM concentrations across the study site and will be compared against data from three receptor locations.

Posting date: Fri, 09/23/2016

Award start date: Fri, 04/01/2016
Award end date: Sun, 03/31/2019