Thursday, October 18, 2007 Print E-mail
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast

SESSION 6

Exposure Characterization and Assessment

8:00 - 8:45 AM Physicochemical Chemical Properties of Beryllium Aerosols in Industrial Work Environments: Implications for Exposure Assessment
Aleksandr B. Stefaniak, PhD
8:45 - 9:15 AM Exposure Pathway Assessment
Gregory A. Day, PhD
9:15 - 9:45 AM Advances and Issues for Surface Sampling
Gary E. Whitney, CIH
9:45 - 10:00 AM BREAK
10:00 - 10:30 AM Advances and Issues for Chemical Analysis
Michael J. Brisson, MS

ABSTRACT Presentations
The following abstract presentations, presented from 10:30 am - 12:00 Noon, are not certified for CME credit

10:30 - 10:45 AM Beryllium Sensitivity and Chronic Beryllium Disease in Workers at Copper Recycling and Refining Facilities
Ellen Volker, MD, MSPH
10:45 - 11:05 AM Recent Exposure Assessment to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in the French Industries
Davy Rousset, PhD (INRS)
11:05 - 11:25 AM Concentration of Beryllium Salts in Aluminum Reduction Plant Bath
Charles Dobbs, PhD
11:25 - 11:45 AM Toxicity of Beryllium Related to Particle Size and Chemical Species
Caroline Müller
11:45 - 12:00 PM Decontamination of Beryllium/Copper-Aluminum Surfaces with Commercial and Industrial Solutions
Chantal Dion, PhD
12:00 - 1:00 PM LUNCH


SESSION 7

Real Time Analysis of Beryllium
Moderator: Michael J. Brisson, MS

1:00 - 1:45 PM Critical Issues and Collaborations
Michael J. Brisson, MS
1:45 - 2:15 PM Development of a Beryllium Oxide Reference Material
Larissa D. Welch
2:15 - 2:45 PM Fluorescence Method
T. Mark McCleskey, PhD
2:45 - 3:00 PM BREAK
3:00 - 3:30 PM Advances in Statistical Methods for Interpreting Data Involving Non-Detectable Values
Paul Wambach, CIH

SESSION 8

Poster Session and Late-breaking Abstract Presentations
This section is not certified for CME credit.

3:30 - 5:00 PM Poster Session
 
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