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Session: Air Pollution: From Assessment to Intervention
3025.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Poster
Air Pollution: From Assessment to Intervention
This poster session focuses on the health effects of air pollutants, both in the indoor environment and in the ambient air. The focus on indoor air centers on the prevention and clean up of mold, a common pollutant. Two posters describe efforts at the state and local govenment levels to develop a framework for assessment of air toxics, including the identification of sources and communities affected, estimate the exposure and risk, and develop strategies for intervention. The collection of ozone monitoring data empowers a community to negotiate with government agencies for better public health protection. Two posters describe how to communicate air pollution risk effectively to those who need the information, and the role of household risk perception on risk reducing behavior.
Learning Objectives: Become familiar with the prevention and clean up of indoor mold. Describe the process and science used to collect and assess air pollution and human health data. Describe effective tools for public information and the role of risk perception on risk reducing behavior
Organizer(s):Susan Lyon Stone, MS
Joy E. Carlson, MPH
Robeena M. Aziz
John Balbus, MD
Board 1Mixed mold mycotoxicosis:A multisystem Illness arising from indoor bioaerosols of mixed species of molds and their associated mycotoxins
Michael R. Gray, MD, MPH
Board 2Measurement of antibodies against recombinant and pure antigens of aspergillus, penicillium and stachybotrys as biomarkers for exposure and allergy
Aristo Vojdani, Ph D
Board 3Extensive mold exposure: Health effects for infants and children
Dorr G. Dearborn, PhD, MD
Board 4Households' responses to perceived air pollution and childhood asthma morbidity
Sylvia J. Brandt, PhD, Michael, W. Hanemann, PhD
Board 5Air quality advisories: Reaching the people who need them most
Susan Lyon Stone, MS, Robert Devlin, PhD, Bryan Hubbell, PhD
Board 6Prevention oriented web-based indoor mold course
Laura Kolb, MPH
Board 7Air toxin exposure, risk, and environment-related cancer in Maryland
Shannon Brown, PhD, Amir Sapkota, Thomas Burke, PhD, MPH, Timothy J. Buckley, PhD
Board 8A passive ozone monitoring project in the Four Corners
Mallery Downs, RN, Jake McDonald, PhD, Johnnye L. Lewis, PhD, DABT, Brooks Taylor, MD
Board 9Portland, Oregon air toxics project: Integrating risk science, policy and civic engagement
Peter Murchie, MPH/MS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Environment
Endorsed by:Epidemiology

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA