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Overview

Halûk Özkaynak is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a special emphasis on health, toxicology, and exposure pathways related to soil and dust ingestion. The work explores the intersections of air quality, environmental justice, and health impacts, addressing important concerns such as heavy metal exposure and toxicity, and climate change-related health effects.

Their recent publications include studies on predictive modeling of soil and dust ingestion rates, particularly for vulnerable populations such as children. Notable papers authored by Halûk Özkaynak include:

  • Model based prediction of age-specific soil and dust ingestion rates for children, 2022, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
  • Advancing Methodologies Used in Trace Element-Based Mass Balance Studies to Separately Estimate Soil and Dust Ingestion Rates for Children, 2023, Environment International

Özkaynak also has associations with several frequent co-authors, reflecting collaborative research efforts in environmental exposure and related fields. These co-authors include Jonathan Cohen, Heidi Hubbard, Kent Thomas, Linda Phillips, and Nicolle S. Tulve.

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues which include:

  • Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Research

The scientist's research topics cover a range of environmental and social science themes, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Özkaynak's main fields of study are Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Personal exposure to airborne particles and metals: Results from the Particle TEAM Study in Riverside, California

    H Ozkaynak;J Xue;J Spengler;L Wallace

  • Associations of daily mortality and air pollution in Los Angeles County.

    Patrick L. Kinney;Halûk Özkaynak

  • Associations between 1980 U.S. mortality rates and alternative measures of airborne particle concentration.

    Halûk Özkaynak;George D. Thurston

  • Particle Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (PTEAM) study: distributions of aerosol and elemental concentrations in personal, indoor, and outdoor air samples in a southern California community.

    C Clayton;Rebecca Perritt;E Pellizzari;Kent Thomas

  • A population exposure model for particulate matter: case study results for PM 2.5 in Philadelphia, PA

    Janet M Burke;Maria J Zufall;Halûk Özkaynak

  • Driver exposure to volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, ozone and nitrogen dioxide under different driving conditions

    Chang Chuan Chan;Haluk Ozkaynak;John D. Spengler;Linda Sheldon

  • Dietary exposures to selected metals and pesticides.

    D L MacIntosh;J D Spengler;H Ozkaynak;L Tsai

  • Evaluation of land-use regression models used to predict air quality concentrations in an urban area

    Markey Johnson;V. Isakov;J.S. Touma;S. Mukerjee

  • Respiratory and Irritant Health Effects of Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds The Kanawha County Health Study

    James H. Ware;John D. Spengler;Lucas M. Neas;Lucas M. Neas;Jonathan M. Samet

  • Air pollution exposure prediction approaches used in air pollution epidemiology studies

    Halûk Özkaynak;Lisa K Baxter;Kathie L Dionisio;Janet Burke

  • A Modeling Framework for Estimating Children's Residential Exposure and Dose to Chlorpyrifos Via Dermal Residue Contact and Nondietary Ingestion

    Valerie G. Zartarian;Halûk Özkaynak;Janet M. Burke;Maria J. Zufall

  • The Association between Ambient Carbon Monoxide Levels and Daily Mortality in Toronto, Canada

    Richard T. Burnett;Sabit Cakmak;Mark E. Raizenne;David Stieb

  • Nitrous acid, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone concentrations in residential environments

    Kiyoung Lee;Jianping Xue;Alison S Geyh;Halûk Ozkaynak

  • Commuter exposures to VOCs in Boston, Massachusetts.

    Chang-Chuan Chan;John D. Spengler;Halûk Özkaynak;Myrto Lefkopoulou

  • Particulate air pollution and respiratory disease in Anchorage, Alaska.

    Mary Ellen Gordian;Haluk Ozkaynak;Jianping Xue;Stephen S. Morris

  • SHEDS-HT: an integrated probabilistic exposure model for prioritizing exposures to chemicals with near-field and dietary sources.

    Kristin K Isaacs;W Graham Glen;Peter Egeghy;Michael-Rock Goldsmith

  • Air pollution dispersion models for human exposure predictions in London.

    Sean D Beevers;Nutthida Kitwiroon;Martin L Williams;Frank J Kelly

  • Modeling population exposures to outdoor sources of hazardous air pollutants.

    Halûk Özkaynak;Ted Palma;Jawad S Touma;James Thurman

  • Is the air pollution health research community prepared to support a multipollutant air quality management framework

    Joe L. Mauderly;Richard T. Burnett;Margarita Castillejos;Halûk Özkaynak

  • Relationships between Aerosol Extinction Coefficients Derived from Airport Visual Range Observations and Alternative Measures of Airborne Particle Mass

    Haluk Ozkaynak;Arthur D. Schatz;George D. Thurston;Ronald G. Isaacs

  • Ozone decay rates in residences.

    Kiyoung Lee;Jose Vallarino;Thomas Dumyahn;Haluk Ozkaynak

  • Exposure prediction approaches used in air pollution epidemiology studies: key findings and future recommendations.

    Lisa K Baxter;Kathie L Dionisio;Janet Burke;Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Spengler
John D. Spengler Harvard University
Vlad Isakov
Vlad Isakov Environmental Protection Agency
James A. Mulholland
James A. Mulholland Georgia Institute of Technology
Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat
Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat Emory University
Jeremy A. Sarnat
Jeremy A. Sarnat Emory University
David Q. Rich
David Q. Rich University of Rochester Medical Center
Barbara J. Turpin
Barbara J. Turpin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lance Wallace
Lance Wallace Environmental Protection Agency
Linda Sheldon
Linda Sheldon Environmental Protection Agency
George D. Thurston
George D. Thurston New York University

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