Table A.10.1. Summary of information & materials to be collected and who will collect them. There will be 5 study days, one at the beginning of the bloom, 3 during the bloom, and one near the end of the bloom. For study days 1, 3, and 5, we will collect blood in addition to the survey responses, biospecimens, and environmental samples (see also SSB, Table B.2.1 and Consent form [Attachment 3]).
Information & materials to be collected |
Collected by |
Number of times information and materials collected per participant N = 200 respondents |
Data to be collected |
Telephone Screening/Baseline Survey |
Study staff (CDC staff and contractors) |
1 |
Whether or not an interested person meets study inclusion criteria and baseline data |
Symptoms Survey |
Study staff |
10 (morning and evening of each study day) |
Health symptoms, other relevant exposures, etc. |
Dock air samples |
Study staff |
5 (one for each of 5 study days) |
Gases and vapors emitted as blooms die off and HAB toxin levels |
Personal air samples |
Study staff |
5 (one for each study day) |
HAB toxin levels |
Water samples |
Study staff |
5 (one for each study day) |
HAB organism taxonomy and HAB toxin levels |
Nasal swabs |
Study staff |
10 (morning and evening of each study day) |
HAB toxin levels |
Lung function test |
Study staff |
10 (morning and evening of each study day) |
Lung function parameters |
Blood samples |
Registered phlebotomist |
3 (on study days 1, 3, and 5) |
Liver enzyme levels, creatinine levels |
Urine samples |
Study participants |
10 (morning and evening of each study day) |
HAB toxin levels |
Fish |
Study staff (who will forward to EPA) |
≤5 (maximum of one for each study day when respondent is fishing) |
HAB toxin levels in fish |
Record of time spent outdoors |
Study participants |
5 (one on each study day) |
Hours spent outdoors |
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