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Subject: Re: Response to PM Data Request -Schreuder et al.

From: "Tim Larson" <tlarson@u.washington.edu>

To: Beth Hassett-Sipple/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 05/19/2009 09:48 PM

Subject: Authors of recent U.S. and Canadian epidemiological studies evaluating health effects associated 

with exposure to fine and thoracic coarse particles REQUEST FOR PM AIR QUALITY DATA

Beth,

Here are the PM2.5 summary statistics (ug/m3) for the data used in the

Schreuder et al paper. I have shown summary statistics for only those years

with complete data, as well as for the entire study period. The sampling

period was from 9/1/95 to 5/15/02.

Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

 All Data

mean 11.8 12.6 11.0 9.2 10.3 9.7

 10.8

95th 27.4 27.4 21.5 22.9 24.4 20.6

 25.1

96th 28.1 28.2 23.1 23.7 25.1 21.6

 26.1

97th 29.0 30.3 25.7 25.3 26.4 23.3

 27.5

98th 31.5 32.2 31.1 26.8 27.1 25.0

 29.6

99th 37.3 34.9 32.8 30.3 31.3 29.0

 32.8

min 2.3 2.1 1.9 0.9 1.0 1.3

 0.9

max 42.1 45.8 43.2 31.5 34.9 39.8

 45.8

We used our own versatile air pollution sampler (VAPS). The data we

collected daily over the period. We did not use any EPA data (not even sure

there was any for some of this time). You could ask Candis Claiborn from

WSU about that. She was the PI of the study. 

Regards,

Tim Larson

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Box 352700

University of Washington

Seattle, WA 98195

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> Subject: TO: Authors of recent U.S. and Canadian epidemiological

> studies evaluating health effects associated with exposure to fine and

> thoracic coarse particles REQUEST FOR PM AIR QUALITY DATA

> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:43:13 -0400

> From: Hassett-Sipple.Beth@epamail.epa.gov

> To: aauchinc@umich.edu, adiezrou@umich.edu, ageyh@jhsph.edu,

> Ahmad.hammoud@hsc.utah.edu, allenr@sfu.ca, avol@usc.edu,

> azanobet@hsph.harvard.edu, azeka@hsph.harvard.edu, Bostro@oehha.ca.gov,

> brauer@interchange.ubc.ca, britz@ucla.edu, cap3@byu.edu,

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> flipfert@suffolk.lib.ny.us, francine.laden@channing.harvard.edu,

> frank@purdue.edu, fuentes@stat.ncsu.edu, gadamkie@hsph.harvard.edu,

> gdiette@jhmi.edu, gillilan@usc.edu, gillilan@hsc.usc.edu,

> goss@u.washington.edu, gwelleni@bidmc.harvard.edu,

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> janneane.gent@yale.edu, jdparker@cdc.gov, jennifer.peel@colostate.edu,

> jenstrom@ucla.edu, jerrett@usc.edu, jimg@usc.edu,

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> Josh.Millstein@noaa.gov, jpeters@hsc.usc.edu, jsamet@usc.edu,

> jschwrtz@hsph.harvard.edu, Karin_Yeatts@unc.edu, kaz@env.med.nyu.edu,

> kfung@uwindsor.ca, kuenzli@usc.edu, ling_liu@hc-sc.gc.ca,

> llisabet@umich.edu, marieo@umich.edu, mark.goldberg@mcgill.ca,

> mchimonas@msn.com, mfrankli@hsph.harvard.edu, mhuynh@health.nyc.gov,

> michelle.bell@yale.edu, mlipsett@dhs.ca.gov, mwilhelm@ucla.edu,

> Paul_Villeneuve@hc-sc.gc.ca, peters@gsf.de, philsilkoff@hotmail.com,

> ptolber@sph.emory.edu, rabinovitchn@njc.org, rbasu@jhsph.edu,

> rdales@ohri.ca, rdelfino@uci.edu, redld@channing.harvard.edu,

> richda@umdnj.edu, rick_burnett@hc-sc.gc.ca, rjklemm@klemmanalysis.com,

> rmcconne@hsc.usc.edu, rundell@marywood.edu, sadar@u.washington.edu,

> sebelt@sph.emory.edu, seftim@jhsph.edu, Sheppard@u.washington.edu,

> sknutsen@llu.edu, skpark@hsph.harvard.edu, Sliu@uottawa.ca,

> steven.babin@jhuapl.edu, sungkyun@umich.edu, tlarson@u.washington.edu,

> TOBYL@umich.edu, wilson.william@epa.gov, woodrufft@obgyn.ucsf.edu,

> woodruff.tracey@epa.gov, ychen@uottawa.ca, yymeng@ucla.edu

> CC: Martin.Karen@epamail.epa.gov, Stanek.Lindsay@epamail.epa.gov,

> Ross.Mary@epamail.epa.gov

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> Thank you in advance for your assistance with this important work.

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> Beth

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> Mary Ross/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Karen

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> To: Authors of recent U.S. and Canadian epidemiological studies
> evaluating health effects associated with exposure to fine and thoracic

> coarse particles

>

> EPA is in the process of reviewing the national ambient air

> quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). Important

> components of this review include the preparation of an Integrated

> Science Assessment (ISA) and a Risk and Exposure Assessment (REA). In

> evaluating the epidemiological evidence in the ISA and in using this

> information in the quantitative risk assessment presented in the REA, it

> is crucial to consider the air quality distributions from areas where

> these studies were conducted to investigate associations between PM and

> health effects. Most epidemiological studies provide some information

> on the distribution of ambient measurement data for PM, however,

> published information is often generally limited in scope and the

> descriptive statistics reported vary from one study to another.

>

> In order to effectively place key epidemiological studies in a

> policy-relevant context, EPAâ??s Office of Air Quality Planning and

> Standards (OAQPS) and National Center for Environmental Assessment

> (NCEA) are jointly contacting you to request specific information on the

> distribution of the air quality data for PM2.5 and/or PM10-2.5 used in

> your studies. These data will provide important information as NCEA

> develops the second draft ISA and OAQPS develops the first draft REA.

> The final ISA and REA together with a policy assessment will inform

> EPAâ??s decision making process and the basis for recommendations that 

> the

> Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) will make to the EPA

> Administrator regarding whether to retain or modify the PM NAAQS.

>

> Specifically, we are interested in receiving the following

> descriptive statistics on the air quality data used in your study (see

> reference list below):

>

> A. For studies evaluating mortality and morbidity effects associated

> with long-term PM2.5 ambient concentrations, please provide the

> following:

>

> o mean of the ambient PM2.5 mean concentrations across cities

> reported in the study for the time period evaluated in the

> study

> o range (high-to-low) of the city-specific means across all

> cities or locations

> o in addition, include where applicable, the above air quality

> information differentiated by:

> specific individual years, if multiple years were

> evaluated

> season, as defined in the study

> region, as defined in the study (e.g., east-west)

> o if your study considered air quality data from multiple

> monitors in a city, please also include the above information

> for the HIGHEST reporting monitor within each city; this will

> facilitate our assessment of the current annual PM2.5 NAAQS and

> any alternative standards that may be considered

>

> B. For multi-city studies evaluating mortality and/or morbidity effects

> associated with short-term PM2.5 and/or PM10-2.5 concentrations,

> please provide the following:

>

> o mean; 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th percentile values; and

> minimum and maximum values (each as the average across modeled

> cities - e.g., average of the 98th percentile values across the

> cities evaluated)

> o range (high to low) of city-specific 98th percentile values

> across all cities
> o in addition, include where applicable, the above air quality

> information differentiated by:

> specific individual years, if multiple years were

> evaluated

> region, as defined in the study (e.g., east-west)

> o please also include the following information for the HIGHEST

> reporting monitor within each city; this will facilitate our

> assessment of the current 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and any

> alternative standards that may be considered

> 98th and 99th percentile of the 24-hour concentrations

> for each city

> annual mean concentration for each city

> average 98th and 99th percentile of 24-hour

> concentrations across cities

> range (high to low) of 98th and 99th percentile

> concentrations across cities

> in addition, include where applicable, the above air

> quality information differentiated by:

> specific individual years, if multiple years were

> evaluated

> region, as defined in the study (e.g., east-west)

> o in addition, we would ask that you identify the air quality

> monitors used, unless these monitors are identified already in

> the study publication

>

> C. For single-city studies evaluating mortality and morbidity effects

> associated with short-term PM2.5 ambient concentrations, please

> provide the following information:

>

> o information requested in B above for the one city evaluated

>

> Please note, this request is for information on the distribution

> of air quality data for PM2.5 used in your studies. It is important to

> emphasize that we are not requesting health data. In addition, we are

> not requesting raw air quality data, but rather information on the

> distribution of the data. However, if you would prefer to send the

> entire air quality data set for us to compute the descriptive statistics

> that would also be acceptable. Please be aware that your responses,

> together with whatever data you provide, will be placed in our public

> docket.

>

> We recognize that you are all very busy. We know that it may take

> some time to respond to our request, but we would be extremely grateful

> if you could provide us with these additional data. The information you

> provide is likely to play an important role in the current review of the

> PM NAAQS. Our current schedule includes NCEA preparing a second draft

> ISA for CASAC and public review by the end of July and OAQPS preparing a

> first draft REA for CASAC and public review by early September. In

> order to use the requested information in preparing these documents, we

> ask that you provide them to us by May 22, 2009. If you are not able to

> meet this date, we ask that you provide, if possible, an alternate date

> by which you could prepare the requested information.

>

> References for U.S. and Canadian studies for which we are

> requesting air quality data for fine and coarse fraction PM are listed

> below. In most cases, the first author is also listed as the contact

> for correspondence; however, where another author is indicated as the

> corresponding author, we have listed that name at the end of the

> reference and will follow up with that author. We will follow this

> email message with a telephone call in the next few days to address any

> questions you might have regarding this request. If you have already

> provided NCEA and/or OAQPS with additional air quality data in response

> to earlier requests, we thank you, and we will verify that we have

> received the requested data when we call. Please contact us at any time
> if you have any questions. You may reach Dr. Lindsay Stanek, NCEA, at

> 919 541-7792, stanek.lindsay@epa.gov or Beth Hassett-Sipple, OAQPS, at

> 919 541-4605, hassett-sipple.beth@epa.gov.

>

> Thank you in advance for your assistance.

>

> Beth M. Hassett-Sipple Lindsay Wichers Stanek, PhD

> Environmental Health Scientist Physical Scientist

> OAQPS NCEA-RTP

>

> .

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> Environmental health perspectives 114(12): 1910.

>

> McCormack, M. C., P. N. Breysse, et al. (2009). "In-Home Particle

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>

> Meng, Y. Y., M. Wilhelm, et al. (2007). "Traffic and outdoor air

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> adults." Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 98(5): 455-63.

>

> Metzger, K. B., P. E. Tolbert, et al. (2004). "Ambient air pollution and

> cardiovascular emergency department visits." Epidemiology 15(1): 46-56.

> (Contact: Dr. Paige Tolbert)

>

> Metzger, K. B., P. E. Tolbert, et al. (2004). "Ambient air pollution and

> cardiovascular emergency department visits." Epidemiology 15(1): 46-56.

> (Contact: Dr. Paige Tolbert)

>

> Miller, K. A., D. S. Siscovick, et al. (2007). "Long-term exposure to

> air pollution and incidence of cardiovascular events in women." N Engl J

> Med., 356(5): 447-58. (Contact: Dr. Joel Kaufman)

>

> Millstein, J., F. Gilliland, et al. (2004). "Effects of ambient air

> pollutants on asthma medication use and wheezing among fourth-grade

> school children from 12 Southern California communities enrolled in The
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>

> Oâ??Neill, M. S., A. V. Diez-Roux, et al. (2007). "Airborne particulate

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>

> O'Neill, M. S., A. Veves, et al. (2007). "Air pollution and inflammation

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>

> O'Neill, M. S., A. Veves, et al. (2005). "Diabetes enhances

> vulnerability to particulate air pollution-associated impairment in

> vascular reactivity and endothelial function." Circulation 111(22):

> 2913-20.,

>

> Ostro, B., R. Broadwin, et al. (2006). "Fine particulate air pollution

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> Environ Health Perspect 114(1): 29-33.

>

> Ostro, B., W. Y. Feng, et al. (2007). "The effects of components of fine

> particulate air pollution on mortality in california: results from

> CALFINE." Environ Health Perspect 115(1): 13-9.

>

> Ostro, B., W. Y. Feng, et al. (2008). "The Impact of Components of Fine

> Particulate Matter on Cardiovascular Mortality in Susceptible

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>

> Park, S. K., M. S. O'Neill, et al. (2005). "Effects of air pollution on

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>

> Park, S. K., M. S. O'Neill, et al. (2008). "Traffic-related particles

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>

> Parker, J. D., T. J. Woodruff, et al. (2005). "Air pollution and birth

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>

> Peel, J. L., P. E. Tolbert, et al. (2005). "Ambient air pollution and

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>

> Peters, A., D. W. Dockery, et al. (2001). "Increased particulate air

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>

> Peters, J. M., E. Avol, et al. (1999). "A study of twelve Southern

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> Pope, C. A., 3rd, R. T. Burnett, et al. (2004). "Cardiovascular

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> epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of

> disease." Circulation, 109(1): 71-7.

>

> Pope, C. A., M. L. Hansen, et al. (2004). "Ambient particulate air

> pollution, heart rate variability, and blood markers of inflammation in

> a panel of elderly subjects." Environ Health Perspect 112: 339-345.

>

> Pope, C. A., 3rd, J. B. Muhlestein, et al. (2006). "Ischemic heart

> disease events triggered by short-term exposure to fine particulate air

> pollution." Circulation, 114(23): 2443-8.

>

> Rabinovitch, N., M. Strand, et al. (2006). "Particulate levels are
> associated with early asthma worsening in children with persistent

> disease." Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173(10): 1098-105.

>

> Rabinovitch, N., L. Zhang, et al. (2004). "Effects of wintertime ambient

> air pollutants on asthma exacerbations in urban minority children with

> moderate to severe disease." J Allergy Clin Immunol 114(5): 1131-7.

>

> Rich, D. Q., K. Demissie, et al. (2009). "Ambient air pollutant

> concentrations during pregnancy and the risk of fetal growth

> restriction." J Epidemiol Community Health: jech.2008.082792.

>

> Rich, D. Q., R. S. Freudenberger, et al. (2008). "Right heart pressure

> increases after acute increases in ambient particulate concentration."

> Environ Health Perspect 116(9): 1167-71.

>

> Rich, D. Q., M. H. Kim, et al. (2006). "Association of ventricular

> arrhythmias detected by implantable cardioverter defibrillator and

> ambient air pollutants in the St Louis, Missouri metropolitan area."

> Occup Environ Med. 63(9): 591-6. (Contact: Dr. Doug Dockery)

>

> Rich, D. Q., J. Schwartz, et al. (2005). "Association of short-term

> ambient air pollution concentrations and ventricular arrhythmias." Am J

> Epidemiol. 161(12): 1123-32. (Contact: Dr. Doug Dockery)

>

> Rich, K. E., J. Petkau, et al. (2004). "A case-crossover analysis of

> particulate air pollution and cardiac arrhythmia in patients with

> implantable cardioverter defibrillators." Inhal Toxicol 16(6-7): 363-72.

> (Contact: Dr. Michael Brauer)

>

> Ritz, B., M. Wilhelm, et al. (2007). "Ambient air pollution and preterm

> birth in the environment and pregnancy outcomes study at the University

> of California, Los Angeles." Am J Epidemiol 166(9): 1045-52.

>

> Rosenthal, F. S., J. P. Carney, et al. (2008). "Out-of-hospital cardiac

> arrest and airborne fine particulate matter: a case-crossover analysis

> of emergency medical services data in Indianapolis, Indiana." Environ

> Health Perspect 116(5): 631-6.

>

> Rundell, K. W., J.R. Hoffman, R. Caviston, R. Bulbulian, A.M. Hollenbach

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> systemic vascular function." Inhalation Toxicology 19: 133-140.

>

> Sarnat, S. E., H. H. Suh, et al. (2006). "Ambient particulate air

> pollution and cardiac arrhythmia in a panel of older adults in

> Steubenville, Ohio." Occup Environ Med 63(10): 700-706.

>

> Schreuder, A. B., T. V. Larson, et al. (2006). "Ambient woodsmoke and

> associated respiratory emergency department visits in Spokane,

> Washington." Int J Occup Environ Health 12(2): 147-53. (Contact: Dr.

> Tim Larson)

>

> Schwartz, J., S. K. Park, et al. (2005). "Glutathione-S-Transferase M1,

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>

> Silkoff, P. E., L. Zhang, et al. (2005). "Winter air pollution and

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> 337-44.

>

> Slaughter, J. C., E. Kim, et al. (2005). "Association between

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>

> Slaughter, J. C., T. Lumley, et al. (2003). "Effects of ambient air

> pollution on symptom severity and medication use in children with

> asthma." Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 91(4): 346-53. (Contact: Dr. Lianne

> Sheppard)

>

> Sullivan, J., N. Ishikawa, et al. (2003). "Exposure to Ambient Fine

> Particulate Matter and Primary Cardiac Arrest among Persons With and

> Without Clinically Recognized Heart Disease." Am. J. Epidemiol. 157(6):

> 501-509.

>

> Sullivan, J., L. Sheppard, et al. (2005). "Relation between short-term

> fine-particulate matter exposure and onset of myocardial infarction."

> Epidemiology, 16(1): 41-8.

>

> Sullivan, J. H., R. Hubbard, et al. (2007). "A community study of the

> effect of particulate matter on blood measures of inflammation and

> thrombosis in an elderly population." Environ Health., 6: 3.

>

> Symons, J. M., L. Wang, et al. (2006). "A Case-Crossover Study of Fine

> Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Onset of Congestive Heart Failure

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> (contact: Dr. A. Geyh)

>

> Tolbert, P. E., M. Klein, et al. (2007). "Multipollutant modeling issues

> in a study of ambient air quality and emergency department visits in

> Atlanta." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17: S29-S35.

>

> Trenga, C. A., J. H. Sullivan, et al. (2006). "Effect of particulate air

> pollution on lung function in adult and pediatric subjects in a Seattle

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>

> Villeneuve, P. J., R. T. Burnett, et al. (2003). "A time-series study of

> air pollution, socioeconomic status, and mortality in Vancouver,

> Canada." J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 13(6): 427-35.

>

> Villeneuve, P. J., L. Chen, et al. (2006). "Associations between outdoor

> air pollution and emergency department visits for stroke in Edmonton,

> Canada." Eur J Epidemiol 21(9): 689-700.

>

> Wellenius, G. A., G. Y. Yeh, et al. (2007). "Effects of ambient air

> pollution on functional status in patients with chronic congestive heart

> failure: a repeated-measures study." Environ Health 6: 26.

>

> Wheeler, A., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2006). "The relationship between

> ambient air pollution and heart rate variability differs for individuals

> with heart and pulmonary disease." Environ Health Perspect 114(4):

> 560-6. (Contact: Dr. Helen Suh)

>

> Wilhelm, M. and B. Ritz (2005). "Local variations in CO and particulate

> air pollution and adverse birth outcomes in Los Angeles County,

> California, USA." Environ Health Perspect 113(9): 1212-21. (Contact:

> Dr. B. Ritz)

>

> Wilson, W. E., T. F. Mar, et al. (2007). "Influence of exposure error

> and effect modification by socioeconomic status on the association of

> acute cardiovascular mortality with particulate matter in Phoenix." J

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>

> Woodruff, T. J., L. A. Darrow, et al. (2008). "Air pollution and

> postneonatal infant mortality in the United States, 1999-2002." Environ

> Health Perspect 116(1): 110-115.

>
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> matter(PM2.5) air pollution and selected causes of postneonatal infant

> mortality in California." Environ Health Perspect 114(5): 786-790.

>

> Yang, Q., Y. Chen, et al. (2004). "Association between particulate air

> pollution and first hospital admission for childhood respiratory illness

> in Vancouver, Canada." Arch Environ Health 59(1): 14-21.

>

> Yeatts, K., E. Svendson, et al. (2007). "Coarse particulate matter

> (PM10-2.5) affects heart rate variability, blood lipids, and circulating

> eosinophils in adults with asthma." EHP 115: 709-714.,

>

> Zanobetti, A., M. J. Canner, et al. (2004). "Ambient Pollution and Blood

> Pressure in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients." Circulation 110(15):

> 2184-2189..

>

> Zanobetti, A. and J. Schwartz "The Effect of Fine and Coarse Particulate

> Air Pollution On Mortality: A National Analysis.",

>

> Zeger, S., A. McDermott, et al. (2007). "Mortality in the medicare

> population and chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollution."

> Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers 113.

> (Contact: Dr. J. Samet)

>

> Zeka, A., J. R. Sullivan, et al. (2006). "Inflammatory markers and

> particulate air pollution: characterizing the pathway to disease." Int.

> J. Epidemiol. 35(5): 1347-1354.

>

>

>

> Beth

>

> Beth M. Hassett-Sipple

> Environmental Health Scientist

> Ambient Standards Group (C504-06)

> Health and Environmental Impacts Division

> Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards

> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

> 109 TW Alexander Drive

> RTP, NC 27711

>

> (919) 541-4605

> Hassett-Sipple.Beth@epa.gov

> (919) 541-0237 (FAX)

>

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Sara Dubowsky Adar

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

University of Washington

4225 Roosevelt Way, Suite 302

Seattle, WA 98105

phone: 206-221-5932

fax: 206-897-1991

http://faculty.washington.edu/sadar