X2009 Sixth International Conference on Innovations in Exposure Assessment
 August 17 – 20, 2009 • Boston, MA








Poster Information

Conference Program

ProgramKeynote Speaker Highlighted Keynote ThemesSession Highlights

Preliminary Program

Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup
Keynote Session: #3 Biomechanical Exposures (KS3)
8:30 am Biomechanical Exposures: Determining Injury and Disorder Mechanisms — Jack Dennerlein (Harvard University, USA)
9:00 Keynote Discussion
9:30 Refreshment Break
Plenary Session: #3 Biomechanical Exposures (PS3)
10:00 Qualitative and Quantitative Comparisons of Ergonomic Job Exposure Metrics Derived from Direct Observations and O*NET Database
— Jon Boyer (University of Massachusetts — Lowell, USA)
10:30 Prospective Study on Shoulder Symptoms Among Kitchen Workers in Relation to Self-perceived and Observed Work Load
— Helena Miranda (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland)
11:00 The Information Error of Self-reported Daily Exposure Duration to Computer Use — Che-hsu (Joe) Chang (Harvard University, USA)
11:30 Development of a Task-exposure Matrix for Carpenters' Knee Exposures — Scott Fulmer (University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA)
12:00 pm Lunch
Guided Poster Sessions #4: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
1.A P&D Truck Driver On-Road Exposure to PM2.5 in Four U.S. Cities — Ying Zhu (Harvard University, USA)
2.A Cortisol as a Biomarker for Stress and the Effects of Shift Work Among Firefighters: Protocol Development and Compliance Adherence — Tracy L. Kirkham (University of British Columbia, Canada)
3.A Environmental Monitoring of Benzene in the Tel Aviv Metropolis During One Year — Chava Peretz (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
4.A Dermal and Inhalation Exposure to Methylene Bisphenyl Isocyanate (MDI) in Iron Foundry Workers — Ingrid E. Liljelind (Umeå University, Sweden)
5.A Drilling Fluid Test Centre-Measurement of Oil Mist and Vapour in the Workplace Atmosphere — Kjersti Steinsvåg (StatoilHydro ASA, Norway)
6.A Statistical Modeling of Occupational Chlorinated Solvent Exposures for Two Case-Control Studies Using a Literature-Based Database — Misty J. Hein (NIOSH, USA)
7.A Characterization of Particle Mass and Number Concentrations During Welding — Jennifer Cavallari (Harvard University, USA)
8.A Quantitative Assessment of Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds Generated from Common Cleaning Tasks — Anila Bello (Harvard University, USA)
9.A Combining Mode and Peak Exposure into a Job-Exposure Matrix Estimating Occupational Exposure to Asbestos for Australian Conditions (ASBJEM) — Svein C. Van Oyen (University of Western Australia, Australia)
10.A Exposure Variability and Attenuation for Methylisocyanate and Isocyanic Acid in Swedish Foundries — Håkan Westberg (Örebro University Hospital, Sweden)
Afternoon Concurrent Session #9: Determinants of Exposure (CS9)
2:00 Development of a National Workplace Exposure Database as an Exposure Assessment Tool — Cheryl Peters (University of British Columbia, Canada)
2:20 Cross-validation and Refinement of the Stoffenmanager As a First Tier Exposure Assessment Tool for REACH — Jody Schinkel (TNO Quality of Life, Netherlands)
2:40 Use of the MEGA Exposure Database for the Validation of the Stoffenmanager Exposure Model — Dorothea Koppisch (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BGIA, Germany)
3:00 Characterization of Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde in France Using the COLCHIC Exposure Database, the SUMER Survey Data and Monte-Carlo Simulation — Raymond Vincent (INRS (Institut National de Recaherche et de Sécurité-France, France)
3:20 Refreshment Break
Afternoon Concurrent Session #10: Exposure Biology (CS10)
2:00 Predictors of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Exposure Among Herbicide Applicators — Roel Vermeulen (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
2:20 Monitoring of Fumes of Bitumen Exposure and Urinary Biomarkers of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure in Mastic-asphalt Workers in Germany — Anne Spickenheuer (BGFA, Research Institute of Occupational Medicine, Germany)
2:40 Improving Exposure Assessment for Disinfection by Products by Integrating Environmental and Toxicokinetic Modeling for Epidemiological Purposes: Accounting for Short-term (within-day) Variations in Drinking Water Concentrations — Cyril Catto (University of Montreal, Canada)
3:00 What You See May Not Always Be What You Get — Jesper Nielson (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
3:20 Refreshment Break
Guided Poster Sessions #5: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
1.B Measurement Error and Model Specification in Determining How Duration of Tasks Affects Level of Occupational Exposure — Igor Burstyn (University of Alberta, Canada)
2.B Inertial Artifacts and Their Effect on the Parameterization of Keyboard Reaction Forces — Krishna Asundi (Harvard University, USA)
3.B Building Better Risk Models for Computer Users, Integrating Anthropometry to Work Patterns — Jack Dennerlein (Harvard University, USA)
4.B Exposure Variability in Hand-Arm Vibrations, a Laboratory Study of Angle Grinders — Ingrid E. Liljelind (Umeå University, Sweden)
5.B Development of a Caustic Mist Exposure Metric for Application in an Inception Cohort Study of Alumina Refininery Workers
— Geza Benke (Monash Universit. Australia)
6.B Exposure Assessment for a Nested Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer among European Asphalt Workers
— Michela Agostini (Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences, Netherlands)
7.B Is House-Dust Nicotine a Good Surrogate for Household Smoking? — Todd Whitehead (University of. California, Berkeley, USA)
8.B Modeling P&D Truck Drivers’ Exposure to PM2.5 While Driving On-road in Denver, CO
— Ying Zhu (Harvard University, USA)
9.B Evidence of Dermal Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene in the Exhaled Breath of Submariners — Waldemar Mazurek (Defense Science and Technology Organization, Australia)
10.B Exposure Assessment of Ventilation to Prevent Eye and Skin Irritations — Yung Chang Lu (Sophia Mineral Corporation, Philippines)
Afternoon Concurrent Session #11: Exposure Biology (CS11)
4:30 Assessment of Long-term Occupational Exposure to Pesticides Through Sheep Dipping — Haytham Alhamwi (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
4:50 Salivary Cortisol as Biomarker of Psychosocial Hazards
— Giovanni Maina (University of Torino, Italy)
5:10 Biologically-based Models in Exposure Assessment and Epidemiology I: Theory and Practice — Thomas Smith (Harvard University, USA)
5:30 Biologically-based Models in Exposure Assessment and Epidemiology II: Applications in Dosimetry — David Kriebel (University of Massachusetts — Lowell, USA)
5:50 Discussion of Biologically-based Models — Noah Siexas (University of Washington, USA), Laura Punnett (University of Massachusetts — Lowell, USA)
6:10 Sessions End
7:30 pm Conference Party
Afternoon Concurrent Session #12: Determinants of Exposure (CS12)
4:30 Exposure of Children to Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes Determined by Analysis of End-exhaled Air — Paul Scheepers (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands)
4:50 Exposure Assessment in a Hospital-based Case-control Study of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Lymphoma in Shanghai, China
— Thomas Armstrong (TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting, USA)
5:10 Benzene Exposure Estimates in Three Nested Case-control Studies in the Petroleum Industry in Support of a Pooled Analysis
— Deborah Glass (Monash University, Australia)
5:30 Characteristics of Vapour and Aerosols from Offshore Drilling Mud
— Karen Galea (Institute of Occupational Medicine, United Kingdom)
5:50 Genetic Factors and Risk of Asbestosis — Alenka Franko (University Medical Center, Slovenia)
6:10 Sessions End
7:30 pm Conference Party
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