A custom-built low-cost chamber for exposing rodents to e-cigarette aerosol: practical considerations.

Abstract:

:Objectives: To (1) design and build a low-cost exposure chamber system for whole-body exposure of rodents to electronic cigarette aerosol, (2) provide detailed instructions with particular focus on automated e-cigarette activation, and (3) develop a simple mathematical model for aerosol levels in the exposure chamber.Methods: We built the system with standard laboratory equipment and an open-source electronics platform (Arduino) for e-cigarette activation. Arduino is used to control a solenoid, which pushes the activation button of so-called "Mod" e-cigarettes, and a pump to move the aerosol from the mouthpiece of the e-cigarette into the chamber. For "Pods" and "Cigalikes," the solenoid is not used as they are activated by the vacuum created by the pump. Aerosol concentrations were measured with a light-scattering laser photometer.Results: The system allows varying the air exchange rate, monitoring aerosol levels, and programing arbitrary puff topography. Aerosol concentrations observed for different chamber operating conditions (puff time and period, e-cigarette power output, air exchange rate) were consistent with the mathematical model.Conclusions: Our low-cost exposure chamber can be used in animal experimental studies of the health effects of e-cigarettes. Our model allows estimating design parameters such as chamber volume, air exchange rate, and puff period.

journal_name

Inhal Toxicol

journal_title

Inhalation toxicology

authors

Hilpert M,Ilievski V,Coady M,Andrade-Gutierrez M,Yan B,Chillrud SN,Navas-Acien A,Kleiman NJ

doi

10.1080/08958378.2019.1698678

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-01-01 00:00:00

pages

399-408

issue

11-12

eissn

0895-8378

issn

1091-7691

journal_volume

31

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