3127.0 Environmental Epidemiology

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will cover research in environmental epidemiology and the environmental public health effects on humans throughtout the lifespan. Topics to be covered include expsorue to organophospahtes, air pollution, DDT and others.
Session Objectives: Explain potential effects of low-level exposure to organophosphates on human visual system. Discuss the potential association between ozone and fetal growth Explain the strength of record linkage based on personal identifier in register studies.
Moderator:
Adenike Bitto, MD,MPH,DrPH,MCHES,FRSPH

10:30am
National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) data reveal trends in chemical exposure during lifespan
Wanda Lizak Welles, PhD and Sherrie L. Strain, MPH
     
10:45am
Association between exposure to organophosphates and carbamates and refractive error (myopia and astigmatism): NHANES 1999-2004
Yutaka Aoki, PhD, MS, MHS, ME
     
  
11:00am
Cancer incidence and residency in geothermal area: A census based cohort study
Vilhjalmur Rafnsson, MD and Adalbjorg Kristbjornsdottir, MPH
     
11:15am
Associations between serum levels of DDT compounds and cardiovascular disease death
Nickilou Y. Krigbaum, MPH, Piera M. Cirillo, MPH and Barbara Cohn, PhD
     
11:30am
State-wide birth cohort study of ozone and fetal growth by socioeconomic status and urbanicity
Lisa C. Vinikoor-Imler, J. Allen Davis, Lynne C. Messer, PhD and Tom J. Luben
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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