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It is, therefore, important to characterize the exposome and work to identify risk factors of exposure. We used silicone wristband passive samplers to evaluate exposure to volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in a sample of 40 children in the Araihazar upazila of Bangladesh. We used stepwise linear regression models to determine which demographic, exposure, diet, and socioeconomic factors best predict exposure to single chemicals and classes of chemicals. Male sex at birth was associated with a decrease in the number of chemicals detected above their median concentration (\u03b2 = \u22122.42; 95%CI: \u22125.24, 0.399), as was ownership of a flush toilet (\u03b2 = \u22123.26; 95%CI: \u22126.61, 0.097). Increased body mass index (\u03b2 = 1.81; 95%CI: 0.587, 3.03), father\u2019s smoking (\u03b2 = 2.74; 95%CI: \u22120.0113, 5.49), and father\u2019s employment in the garment industry (\u03b2 = 3.14; 95%CI: 0.209, 6.07) were each associated with an increase in the average number of chemicals detected above their median concentration. The observed results motivate future evaluation with health outcomes of these exposures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph21121691","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,19]],"date-time":"2024-12-19T03:59:43Z","timestamp":1734580783000},"page":"1691","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["An Assessment of Multipollutant Exposures Using Silicone Wristbands Among Bangladeshi Youth"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6294-2429","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Margaret","family":"Quaid","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9739-1225","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Syed Emdadul","family":"Haque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tariqul","family":"Islam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Hasan","family":"Shahriar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Golam","family":"Sarwar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alauddin","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Steven","family":"O\u2019Connell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MyExposome, Inc., Corvallis, OR 97333, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5980-1174","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Farzana","family":"Jasmine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9784-6958","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad G.","family":"Kibriya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Habibul","family":"Ahsan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4234-252X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Argos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"252","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(10)60481-3","article-title":"Arsenic exposure from drinking water, and all-cause and chronic-disease mortalities in Bangladesh (HEALS): A prospective cohort study","volume":"376","author":"Argos","year":"2010","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1186\/s41043-016-0041-5","article-title":"Water Quality Index for measuring drinking water quality in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study","volume":"35","author":"Akter","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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