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In indoor environments, there are multiple media by which humans come in contact with indoor chemicals and multiple exposure pathways that can affect human health, particularly for semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs). This is defined as aggregate exposure. Furthermore, combined exposure to multiple low-level pollutants occurs in indoor environments. In this article, a comprehensive overview of the indoor air quality guidelines in Japan and assessment approaches for developing indoor air quality guidelines is provided. In addition, future issues facing approaches for indoor chemicals, including aggregate exposure to SVOCs and combined exposure to multiple pollutants with common toxicological effects in indoor environments, are discussed. The recycling of end-of-life vessels is a complex activity that generates an enormous amount of hazardous waste, including asbestos-containing materials (ACM). Efforts by the Government of India to comply with national and international regulations and improved standard operating procedures are expected to lower the exposure risk of the workforce to hazardous substances, including asbestos. The current workers are likely to face lesser risks than did those exposed in the past. The present study assesses the health risks from past exposure of asbestos for those workers engaged in handling and removing ACM in ship recycling yards before environmentally sound recycling of obsolete ships was introduced in the early 2000s. Estimates were made of the number of workers exposed, and the intensity of exposure and these data were used to estimate the likely number of mesothelioma deaths in the future. It was estimated that nearly 15% of the total workforce engaged in ship recycling will suffer from mesothelioma which translates to about 4,513 mesothelioma deaths among the total of 31,000 workers estimated to be ever employed in the yards from 1994 till 2002. Recommendations are made for a practical approach to the safe handling of ACMs in Indian ship recycling yards. There is robust evidence for relationships between adverse events experienced in childhood and mental health problems experienced as an adult. However, the measurement of perceptions of different types of adverse relationships in childhood, especially those that are in social contexts, is lacking. Given the absence of an appropriate tool to measure perceptions of adverse social relationships in childhood within English-speaking populations, we endeavored to examine the construct validity of the English version of the History of Social Punishment (HoSP) scale. In total, 557 adults from the extant community participated by completing self-report scales that measured perceptions of adverse childhood relationships, symptoms of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), hoarding disorder (HD), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and suicidal experiences. MLN2480 Results demonstrated that the HoSP is a sound psychometric tool to evaluate perceptions of adverse social relationships within English-speaking populations. A strong association between perceptions of adverse social relationships in childhood, common mental health problems, and suicidal behaviors was established. These results provide robust evidence for the importance of screening for experiences of social adversities and for developing clinical interventions that directly target these experiences. Deaths of despair, a composite outcome including suicide and drug- and alcohol-related deaths, have been increasing, especially in subpopulations and geographic areas sensitive to economic and social hardships. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has begun evaluating the utility of this concept to guide planning and evaluations of clinical and preventive services for Veterans. In this study, mortality rates for middle-aged American men for 2013 to 2017 were from CDC WONDER, and rates for all Veterans, those using VHA healthcare services (VHA-utilizers), and other (non-VHA) Veterans were derived from National Death Index data. Findings demonstrated that rates for the composite were higher in VHA-utilizers and lower in non-VHA Veterans than middle-aged American men, consistent with use of VHA services by Veterans with the greatest needs. State rates in Veteran men were significantly and positively correlated with state rates for American men, and both were correlated with other characteristics of the social environment. The lack of correlation between rates for suicide and drug-related deaths indicates that deaths of despair cannot be modeled by assuming parallel paths from reactions to community-based stressors to the component outcomes; models should allow for an impact of community characteristics on partitioning between outcomes. Published by Elsevier B.V.External stimuli such as cigarette smoke and house dust mite are often involved in the development and exacerbation of asthma. These risk factors could activate or sensitize transient receptor potential channel ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), which are primarily expressed in neuronal structures but also in non-neuronal cells such as fibroblasts. However, the role of non-neuronal TRPA1 in the pathophysiology of airway diseases including asthma remains unclear. We investigated TRPA1 expression on human fibroblast cells and whether inflammatory mediators could modulate its function. This study utilized human lung fibroblast cell lines, Medical Research Council cell strain 5 (MRC-5) and HF19 cells frequently used on experimental studies regarding allergic and respiratory disorders. The human lung fibroblasts were stimulated with house dust mite (Der p1) or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) for 24 h, and we quantified TRPA1 mRNA and protein by qRT-PCR and western blot analysis, respectively. TRPA1 mRNA expressions were upregulated after TNF-α treatment. Calcium imaging analysis revealed that TNF-α treatment apparently sensitized TRPA1-mediated calcium influx by TRPA1 agonist allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) and the selective TRPA1 channel blocker HC-030031 effectively reduced the calcium response. Lastly, TRPA1 activation was not only involved in increased IL-8 cytokine release, but also in upregulating gene expression of matrix metalloprotease 9 (MMP9) in the human lung fibroblasts treated with TNF-α Together, these results indicate that presence of inflammatory mediators such as TNF-α could upregulate the non-neuronal expression of TRPA1 on fibroblasts which may aggravate further the release of inflammatory cytokines observed in human airway diseases.