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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
5022.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Poster | |||
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| Contemporary society has a multitude of potential health risks,from toxic releases to problematic housing. Many of these risks are poorly understood or in the beginning phases of being fully characterized. This session contains presentations on both domestic and international health problems that are rapidly rising to the top of the environmental health agenda. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Provide an understanding of emerging environmental health issues. 2. Assist in placing new health threats in the context of the total social and physical environment. 3. Teach basic background science of emerging issues. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Marybeth Smuts, PhD Paul Locke, DrPH, JD | |||
| Mobilizing scarce human resources for environmental health Mario Lagrava, MD, MPH, Jamie Browder, MA, RN, Shelly Nicholson, MPH | |||
| An Evaluation of the Existing Environmental Health and Safety Training Program for Childcare Providers in the City of Philadelphia Palak Raval-Nelson, BS, MPH, Randall B. Hirschhorn, RS, MS, MPA, EdM, David Tollerud, MD, MPH | |||
| Access to clean air or access to health care:Which is more important for health status? Rana Charafeddine | |||
| PM 2.5 Standards the Ethical, Administrative and Legal Implications of Large Scale Agricultural Burning Roe Ann Roberts, PhD MPH | |||
| Characterization of emissions from mosquito coils commonly used in Malaysia and China Weili Liu, Junfeng Zhang, PhD | |||
| Uncertainties surrounding the risk assessment of diesel particulate matter Susan M. Chemerynski, MPH, Jonathan B Borak, MD, DABT, Greg Sirianni, MS, Howard J Cohen, PhD, CIH | |||
| Inhalation of Molds and Mycotoxins | |||
| Evaluation of Breast Cancer and Environmental Pollution Using a New GIS-based Tool Kathleen Cunningham, PhD | |||
| Natural-technological events: Frequency and severity of toxic releases during and after natural disasters Stacy L. Young, MS, MPH, Lina Balluz, ScD, MPH, Josephine Malilay, PhD, MPH | |||
| Health-related pesticide incidents reported in Louisiana: A descriptive summary Michelle Lackovic, MPH, Joseph F. Sejud, MD, JD, MPH, Veronica Anne Lea, MPH, Dianne Dugas, MPH, MSW | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Public Health Nursing | ||
| CE Credits: | Environmental Health, Nursing, Social Work | ||