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








Poster Information

Conference Program

ProgramKeynote Speaker Highlighted Keynote ThemesSession Highlights

Preliminary Program

Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup
Keynote Session: #2 Determinants of Exposure (KS2)
8:30 Determinants of Exposure: Do We Know Enough?
— Hans Kromhout (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
9:00 Keynote Discussion
9:30 Refreshment Break
Plenary Session: #2 Determinants of Exposure (PS2)
10:00 Variability of Airborne Exposures at a Beryllium Metal, Oxide, and Alloy Production Facility — Gregory ADay (NIOSH, USA)
10:30 Comparison of Formaldehyde Exposure Levels in two Multi-industry Occupational Exposure Databanks Using Multi-model Averaging — Jérôme Lavoué (Centre de recherche du CHUM, University of Montréal, Canada)
11:00 Development and Evaluation of an Exposure Control Efficacy Library (ECEL)
— Wouter Fransman (TNO Quality of Life, Netherlands)
11:30 Why Does Exposure Generally Decrease Over Time? — John W. Cherrie (Institute of Occupational Medicine, United Kingdom)
12:00 pm Lunch
Guided Poster Sessions #2: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
1.A Exposure Assessment of Dust and Inhalable Endotoxin in Danish Farms. The SUS12 Study — Ioannis Basinas (Aarhus University, Denmark)
2.A Exposure to Wood Dust and Resin Acid During Wood Pellet Production: Variability, Determinants of Exposure, Overexposure and Attenuation — Katja Hagström (Örebro University Hospital, Sweden)
3.A Development of a Job Exposure Matrix for Occupational Retrospective Exposure to Organic Solvents in Costa Rica — Freddy Briceño (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica)
4.A Does the Physical State of a Contaminant Have an Impact on the Dermal Exposure Pattern or Variability in Exposure? — Kåre Eriksson (University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Sweden)
5.A A New Guideline on Exposure Reconstruction — Thomas Armstrong (TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting, USA)
6.A A New Method of Statistic Analysis in Presence of Detection Limit: Application to Urinary Naphtols for Aircraft Mechanics Exposed to Jet Fuel — Michel Klerlein (Air France Industries, France)
7.A Novel Exposure Metrics for Nanomaterials — Dhimiter Bello (University of Massachusetts — Lowell, USA)
8.A Granite Countertop Exposure Assessment — Joseph Allen (Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc., USA)
9.A Development of Airborne Lead Analysis Kit and Its Application  — Pornpimol Kongtip (Mahidol University, Kongtip)
10.A Exposure Assessment of Pesticide Exposure Among Cutflower Farmers: A Follow-Up Study — Jinky Leilanie Lu (University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines)
Afternoon Concurrent Session #5: Exposure Biology (CS5)
2:00 An Approach for the Use of Aggregated Evidence from Human Observational Studies in the Assessment of the Benzene Leukemia Exposure Response Curve — Jelle Vlaanderen (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
2:20 Distinguishing the Cancer Risk from Mineral Oil- vs. Water-based Metalworking Fluids: Accounting for the Common Components of Straight, Soluble, and Synthetic Fluids — Melissa Friesen (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
2:40 An Updated Algorithm for Estimation of Pesticide Exposure Intensity in the Agricultural Health Study — Joseph Coble (National Cancer Institute, USA)
3:00 Occupational Exposures and Asthma in a Population-based Study Among Young Adults from Denmark — Jesper Rasmussen (Hospital of Southern Jutland, Denmark)
3:20 Refreshment Break
Afternoon Concurrent Session #6: Determinants of Exposure (CS6)
2:00 Assessment of Blood Exposures Among Home Health Care Workers: Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for More Precise Exposure Estimation
— Margaret Quinn (University of Massachusetts — Lowell, USA)
2:20 Exposure to Cutting Fluids at the Workplace: Multifactorial Analysis of Important Occupational and Hygienic Factors — Rainer Van Gelder (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BGIA, Germany)
2:40 Average Exposure, Highest Exposure, Latency Period and the Risk of Silicosis: Innovative Exposure-response Analysis Among a Cohort of Chinese Tungsten Mines — Yi Sun (BGIA-DGUV, Germany)
3:00 A Model for Individual Retrospective Exposure Assessment to Organic Solvents in the Population of Costa Rica — Patricia Monge (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica (IRET-UNA)
3:20 Refreshment Break
Guided Poster Sessions #3: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
1.B Evaluation of Allergen Exposure in a Companion Animal Clinic — Sadegh Samadi (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
2.B Personal Exposure to Naphthalene in the General Population — Magnus Åkerström (Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Academy, Sweden)
3.B Modeling Exposure to Pharmaceutical Aerosols — Patricia E. McDonnell (National University Of Ireland, Galway, Ireland)
4.B The Influence of Pre- and Postnatal Exposure to Pesticides on the Neurological Development in Children in Rural Areas in Bolivia?  — Jesper Baelum (Odense University Hospital, Denmark)
5.B A Method for Exposure Assessment in Retrospective Case-Control Studies that Increases the Consistency and Accuracy of the Exposure Assessments — Hakan Tinnerberg (Lund University Hospital, Sweden)
6.B Quartz and Dust Exposure in Swedish Iron Foundries-Evaluating the Use of Respirators — Håkan Westberg (Örebro University Hospital, Sweden)
7.B Variability in Environmental Exposures to PM2.5 Mass, Black Smoke, and Trace Elements — Sandra Johannesson (Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
8.B Optimization of Airborne Endotoxin and Glucan Exposure Assessment with the Use of an Electrostatic Dustfall Collector — Ilka Noss (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
9.B Factors Influencing Silica Dust Exposure and Effectiveness of Control Methods During Manual Concrete Grinding — Sheryl Milz (University Of Toledo, USA)
10.B Chemical Exposure Assessment in the INTEROCC Study — Martie Van Tongeren (Institute of Occupational Medicine, United Kingdom)
Afternoon Concurrent Session #7: Determinants of Exposure (CS7)
4:30 Bayesian Analysis of Repeated Measures Exposure Data with Values Below the Limit of Detection Using SAS — James Deddens ( NIOSH, USA)
4:50 Bayesian Learning About the Extent of Exposure Misclassification (and odds ratio) in a General-population Job-exposure Matrix Applied in a Matched Case-referent Design — Igor Burstyn (University of Alberta, Canada)
5:10 Using Geographic Information Systems to Build an Indicator of Human Exposure to Local Environmental Quality Concerning Chronic Health Risks — Julien Caudeville (French National Institute of Environment and Industrial Risk, France)
5:30 Strategies for Risk Assessment of Environmental Exposure to Asbestos in an Area with Asbestos-containing Waste Material on Roads and Property Yards
— Alex Burdorf (Erasmus University, Netherlands)
5:50 pm Sessions End
Afternoon Concurrent Session #8: Ergonomics (CS8)
4:30 Measuring Psychosocial Stress in the Indoor Climate Investigation Context
— John Oudyk (Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, Canada)
4:50 A Proposed Index of Physical Workload for Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes — Alicia Kurowski (University of Massachusetts — Lowell, USA)
5:10 Assessment of Musculoskeletal Stresses Among Dentist Operators Before and Following an Ergonomic Intervention — Alireza Dehdashti (Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
5:50 pm Sessions End
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