X2009 Sixth International Conference on Innovations in Exposure Assessment
 August 17 – 20, 2009 • Boston, MA








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Conference Program

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Preliminary Program

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Sunday, August 16, 2009
5:30 – 7:30 pm Conference Registration and Welcome Reception at The Sheraton Hotel
Monday, August 17, 2009
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome — Doug Dockery (Harvard University, USA)
Conference Opening Session
8:30 The Role of Exposure Assessment in Occupational Health Research and Practice — John Howard
Keynote Session: #1 Exposure Biology (KS1)
9:30 Exposure Biology: Modern Methods Tackle an Old Problem
— Stephen M. Rappaport (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
10:00 Exposure Biology: Is It a Useful Conceptual Model?
— Thomas Smith (Harvard University, USA)
10:30 Refreshment Break
Plenary Session: #1 Exposure Biology (PS1)
11:00 Environmental Metabolomics in Human Observational Studies: Examples of Two Established Occupational Carcinogens
— Roel Vermeulen (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
11:30 Biomarkers of Exposure in Monday Morning Urine Samples as a Long-term Measure of Isocyanates Exposure
— Hakan Tinnerberg (Lund University Hospital, Sweden)
12:00 pm Assessment of Exposure and Health Effects of Fumes of Bitumen Under Different Working Conditions: Mastic Versus Rolled Asphalt
— Monika Raulf-Heimsoth (University of Bochum, Germany)
12:30 A Simple Pharmacokinetic Model to Characterize Exposure of Americans to Di-2-ethylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP)
— Mathew Lorber (Environmental Protection Agency, USA)
1:00 Lunch
Afternoon Concurrent Session #1: Exposure Biology (CS1)
2:00 Estimated Daily Intake of Phthalates in Occupationally-Exposed Groups — Cynthia Hines (NIOSH, USA)
2:20 Use of a Generalized Toxicokinetic Model for the Prediction of Internal Dose for Occupational Exposure Assessment: The Example of Pyrene — Daan Huizer (IndusTox Consult, Netherlands)
2:40 Environmental Exposure to Cadmium and Biomarkers of Renal Effects — Magne Bråtveit (University of Bergen, Norway)
3:00 The Toxicological Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide and Bleach on Skin and Bone — Jennifer Vincent-Tyndall (Mount Ida College, USA)
3:20 Refreshment Break
Afternoon Concurrent Session #2: Determinants of Exposure (CS2)
2:00 Heterogeneity in Exposure to Occupational Lung Carcinogens in a Multi-centre Case-control Study Using Expert Assessment: True Differences or Artefacts? — Susan Peters (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
2:20 Variability of Exposure: Occupational Epidemiology and Compliance of Occupational Exposure Limits — Frank Bochman (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BGIA, Germany)
2:40 Determinants of Monoterpene Exposure in the Danish Furniture Industry — Katja Hagström (Örebro University Hospital, Sweden)
3:00 Meta-Analysis for Asbestos and Lung Cancer: Are Aspects of the Exposure Assessment Strategy Associated with Heterogeneity in Exposure Response Relationships? — Dick Heederick (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
3:20 Refreshment Break
Guided Poster Sessions #1: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
1.A Pesticide Exposures and Newborn Congenital Hypothyroidism in Thailand — Kitiphong Harncharoen (Mahidol University, Thailand)
2.A Environmental and Occupational Pesticide Exposure Assessment in Canada — Nichole A. Garzia (University of British Columbia, Canada)
3.A Hard Metal Workplaces: Measurement, Analysis, and Distribution of Exposures — Stefan Gabriel (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BGIA, Germany)
4.A Adjusting Historical Noise Estimates by Accounting for Hearing Protection Use: Method And Validation  
— Hind Sbihi (University of British Columbia, Canada)
5.A Gene-Environment Interactions for Bladder Cancer: A Case-Control Study Using a Novel Probabilistic Exposure Assessment — Hakan Tinnerberg (Lund University Hospital, Sweden)
6.A Particle Size Distribution of Beryllium Exposure at a Beryllium Production Facility — Abbas Virji (NIOSH, USA)
7.A N-Acetyl-S-(N-Propyl)-L-Cysteine in Urine from Workers Exposed to 1-Bromopropane in Foam Cushion Spray Adhesives — Kevin W. Hanley (CDC, NIOSH, USA)
8.A Pilot Study: Assessing Workplace Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Indicators Among Paramedics — Imelda Wong (University of British Columbia, Canada)
9.A Do We Agree? Comparison of Semi-Quantitative Exposure Assessments by Three Independent Approaches — Thomas Armstrong (TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting, USA)
10.A Effect on the Chronic Exposure to Ozone and PM10 in the Growth of the Pulmonary Function in Mexico City Scholars
— Mario Rivera (Universidad Autonoma De Coahuila Mexico, Mexico)
Afternoon Concurrent Session #3: Determinants of Exposure (CS3)
4:30 Improving RF Exposure Assessment in Epidemiological Studies of Mobile Phones and Health — Geza Benke (Monash University, Australia)
4:50 Characterization of Workplace Protracted Exposure to Uranium: Comparison of Two Approaches— Irina Guseva Canu (Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety, France)
5:10 A Comparison of the Results of Three Exposure Estimation Techniques — Richard Neitzel (University of Washington, USA)
5:30 Exposure to Ototoxic Hazardous Substances: Identification of Branches of industry and Working Areas — Stefan Gabriel (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BGIA, Germany)
6:00 pm Sessions End
Afternoon Concurrent Session #4: Biomechanics (CS4)
4:30 A Comparison of Trunk Posture Measurements: A Motion Capture System and a New Data-logging Inclinometer — Robin Van Driel (University of British Columbia, Canada)
4:50 Predictors of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Vietnamese Shrimp Processing Workers — Tuan Do (University of Massachusetts—Lowell, USA)
5:10 Measurement Variability in Hand-arm Vibrations in Grinding Operations — Ingrid Liljelind (Umeå University, Sweden)
5:30 Force and Wrist Posture Data Selection by Computer Interaction Episodes — Krishna Asundi (Harvard University, USA)
6:00 pm Sessions End
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