4130.1: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session will highlight four studies that seek to delineate the environmental health effects of ubiquitous exposures in the home and the role of social and behavioral factors in moderating these risks. Indoor exposures include, allergen exposures (house dust mite, cat, dog, cockroach and fungi), air contaminant exposures (environmental tobacco smoke, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous acid, ozone, fine particle mass and pollen) and household chemical and pesticide use. Other than respiratory problems, these indoor exposures have been associated with higher prevalence of leukemia in children, lower IQ levels and neurobehavioral disorders. In conjunction with indoor exposures, architectural styles of buildings and homes that people live in also have an impact on their social networks and cognitive functioning. The papers in this session will each address environmental hazards and their relation to disease endpoints and the role of nutrition, education and remediation, which could result in lower levels of disease morbidity. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Educate participants on a variety of assessment tools and techniques used to ascertain environmental exposures in and around the home. 2. Discuss the nature of multidisciplinary focus in assessing these exposures. 3. Identify future course of action. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Kimberly Gray, PhD Shobha Srinivasan, PHD | |||
| Shobha Srinivasan, PHD | |||
| Associations of Asthma Symptoms with Home Environmental Exposures Mary E. Turyk, MPH, Victoria Persky, MD, Lenore Coover, RN, MSN, Peter Scheff, PhD, Luke Curits, Ana Sanchez, BA, Julie M. Piorkowski, MPH | |||
| Built Environments, Behavior, and Health Disparity Arnold R. Spokane, PhD | |||
| Control of Residential Hazards in Children Bruce Lanphear, PhD | |||
| Childhood Leukemia and Environmental Exposures Patricia Buffler, PhD, MPH | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Medical Care; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Pharmacy | ||