Research
I do research on environmental chemical exposure in our home indoor environment, in the EU-project INQUIRE (https://inquire-he.eu/ ).
My PhD project utilized data in the SELMA-study. This is an on-going longitudinal study of Värmland children that aims to investigate how exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) early in life affects children's health later in life.
The relationship between airway disorders and exposure to a group or EDCs called phthalets are of particular interest in my research.
Teaching
I teach in Public Health courses such as Health, environment and sustainable development and Epidemiology and Public Health Work. I have also taught Chemistry and Biology courses.
Bio
Articles
Preece, A. S., Shu, H., Knutz, M., Krais, A. M., & Bornehag, C. G. (2022). Phthalate levels in prenatal and postnatal bedroom dust in the SELMA study. Environmental Research, 212, 113429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113429
Preece, A. S., Shu, H., Knutz, M., Krais, A. M., Bekö, G., & Bornehag, C. G. (2021). Indoor phthalate exposure and contributions to total intake among pregnant women in the SELMA study. Indoor Air, 31(5), 1495-1508. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12813
Preece, A. S., Knutz, M., Lindh, C. H., Bornehag, C. G., & Shu, H. (2022). Prenatal phthalate exposure and early childhood wheeze in the SELMA study. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 32(2), 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-021-00382-w
Preece, A. S., Shu, H., Knutz, M., Krais, A. M., Wikström, S., & Bornehag, C. G. (2021). Phthalate levels in indoor dust and associations to croup in the SELMA study. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 31(2), 257-265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-020-00264-7
Book Chapter
Preece, AS., Shu, H., Bornehag, CG. (2022). The Full Chain Model: Linking Chemical Exposure from Indoor Sources to Human Health Effects. In: Zhang, Y., Hopke, P.K., Mandin, C. (eds) Handbook of Indoor Air Quality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7680-2_79
Thesis
Preece, A. S. (2021). Phthalates: A Full Chain Story: Connecting phthalate sources, indoor dust, human intake, and airway symptoms in children (Doctoral dissertation, Karlstads universitet).