Publications by authors named "Victoria Colvin"

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  • Evaluating the hazards of environmental chemical mixtures, specifically polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), is a major challenge in human health risk assessment, especially regarding their effects on lung cells.* -
  • The study created two synthetic PAH mixtures based on samples from a legacy creosote site and tested their impact on human bronchial epithelial cells, focusing on various toxicological biomarkers.* -
  • Results indicated that existing models underestimated toxicity and suggested that PAH interactions might be non-additive, highlighting the need for improved methods in assessing mixture toxicity in environmental samples.*
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