Tag: pcbs
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Dopamine
Gaum et al. (2017) assessed dopamine in their participants by measuring two of its metabolites, homovanillic acid (HVA) and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), in urine. They adjusted the levels for creatine as a marker of urine concentration, albumin to account for liver function, and also self-reported traumatic experiences, taking post-traumatic stress disorder into account as a…
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Office Air
As someone who does not like being cooped up in buildings with questionable air quality, I was intrigued by Allen et al.’s study involving office workers subjected to variations in air each day. They described some of the history behind modern building standards, such as making buildings tighter with less outdoor air exchange in order…
