3232.0 Updates in Occupational Epidemiology

Monday, November 8, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: * Describe developments in Occupational Epidemiology: -Compare case-crossover study methodology with other case-control studies. -Describe advantages of multi-level study methodology in study of the workplace and its risk factors.
Moderator:
David A. Lombardi, PhD
Discussant:
David A. Lombardi, PhD

12:30pm
Associations of occupation, job control, and job demands with intima-media thickness: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Kaori Fujishiro, PhD, Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, Paul Landsbergis, PhD, Sherry L. Baron, MD MPH, R. Graham Barr, MD, DrPH, Joel D. Kaufman, MD, MPH, Joseph F. Polak, MD and Karen Hinckley-Stukovsky, MS
     
12:45pm
Health effects of exposure to beryllium in the manufacture of conventional munitions
Marek. Mikulski, MD, MPH, Stephanie Leonard, MS, Spencer Lourens, Rw Field, PhD, Wayne Sanderson, PhD and Laurence Fuortes, MD, MS
     
1:00pm
Workplace diversity and psychosocial work characteristics as predictors of low back functioning and job satisfaction among warehouse workers: A multilevel analysis
Annekatrin Hoppe, PhD, MSc, Catherine A. Heaney, PhD, MPH and Kaori Fujishiro, PhD
     
1:15pm
A case-crossover study of occupational laceration injuries in pork processing
Lina Lander, ScD, Gary S. Sorock, PhD, Terry L. Stentz, PhD, Ellen A. Eisen, ScD, Murray A. Mittleman, DrPH, Russ Hauser, ScD and Melissa J. Perry, ScD
     

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Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Epidemiology

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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