4285.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | ||||
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| This session will report on NIOSH-funded research regarding "health risks from exposure to physical, chemical and psycho-social factors affecting current and former Department of Energy workers". The research, sponsored by the Health-Related Energy Research Branch (HERB) within NIOSH, grows out of the 1996 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Steve Ahrenholz, PhD, CIH | ||||
| Overview of Current NIOSH/HERB Occupational Research and Worker Outreach Efforts at DOE Sites Steve Ahrenholz, PhD, CIH | ||||
| The Risks of Making Nuclear Weapons: A review of the Health and Mortality Experience of Department of Energy Contract Employees Robert Alvarez | ||||
| Effects of organizational downsizing on workers' health and organizational productivity Lewis D Pepper, MD, MPH, Miriam S Messinger, MPH, Molly Jacobs, MPH, Les Boden, PhD, Larry Murphy, PhD, Soo-Yee Lim, PhD, Pam Kocher, MPH | ||||
| Factors Affecting the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment Mary K. Salazar, EdD, RN, COHN-S | ||||
| Beryllium Sensitization Progresses to Chronic Beryllium Disease Lee S Newman, MD, MA, Margaret M Mroz, MSPH, Elaine M Daniloff, MSPH, Lisa A Maier, MD, MSPH, Ronald Balkissoon, MD, DIH | ||||
| Medical Screening at Rocky Flats: Using Epidemiologic Databases for Notification and Testing James Ruttenber, MD, PhD, Lee Newman, Sandra Mohr, Michael Kosnett, Anthony LaMontagne | ||||
| Discussion | ||||
| Sponsor: | Occupational Health and Safety | |||
| Cosponsors: | Epidemiology; Labor Caucus | |||