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Faculty Awards & Presentations

Noah Seixas, Professor
Appointments - Appointed Associate Editor of the Annals of Occupational Hygiene (January 2007)
Presentations - Health and Safety Experience of Day Laborers in Seattle, presenting at AIHCE meeting, June 2007
Rick Gleason, Lecturer
Presentation - 2 day Professional Development Course, Given on June 2-3 for 25 students at the AIHA Conference in Philadelphia, PA entitled: (PDC #706)

Research Areas

  • Agricultural Safety and Health
  • Air Pollution Exposures
  • Air Quality Monitoring
  • Asbestos
  • Aerosol and Bio-aerosol exposures
  • Biological Monitoring
  • Construction Safety and Health
  • Diesel Exhaust
  • Dioxin and other organohalogens
  • Ergonomics and human factors
  • Exposure Assessment
  • Formaldehyde
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for exposure analysis
  • Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for activity analysis
  • Health and safety management
  • Indoor air quality
  • Environmental chemistry
  • Noise-induced hearing loss
  • Non-ionizing radiation
  • Occupational Hygiene
  • Office hazards
  • OSHA safety and health training
  • Pesticides
  • Polycyclic hydrocarbons
  • Public policy
  • Real-time detection and sampling of contaminants
  • Remote sensing and geospatial analysis
  • Risk sssessment for workplace and community hazards
  • Silica and respiratory hazards
  • Trace contaminants
  • Vibration in the workplace
  • Water quality
  • Welding & metal trades & hazards
  • Women workers
  • Workers' compensation issues
  • Worker health

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Research Publications

Selected publications, 2003 – 2007

This list includes books, book chapters, articles, and reviews in professional journals. It excludes letters, technical reports, or conference presentations.

Adams JC, Dills RL, Morgan MS, Kalman DA, Pierce CH. A physiologically based toxicokinetic model of inhalation exposure to xylenes in Caucasian men. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2005 Nov;43(2):203-214.

Astrakianakis G, Seixas NS, Ray R, Camp JE, Gao DL, Feng Z, Li W, Wernli KJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Lung cancer risk among female textile workers exposed to endotoxin. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99(5):357-364.

Astrakianakis G, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Christiani DC, Feng Z, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Modeling, estimation and validation of cotton dust and endotoxin exposures in Chinese textile operations. Ann Occup Hyg. 2006;50(6):573-582.

Astrakianakis G, Seixas N, Camp J, Smith TJ, Bartlett K, Checkoway H. Cotton dust and endotoxin levels in three Shanghai textile factories: a comparison of samplers. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2006;3(8):418-427.

Battuello K, Furlong C, Fenske R, Austin M, Burke W. Paraoxonase mutations and susceptibility to organophosphate pesticides: implications for pesticide applicators. Chapter in: Human Genome Epidemiology: A Scientific Foundation for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health And Prevent Disease. MJ Khoury, J Little, W Burke, eds. Oxford University Press, 2003.

Burch JB, Clark M, Yost MG, Fitzpatrick CT, Bachand AM, Ramaprasad J, Reif JS. Radio frequency nonionizing radiation in a community exposed to radio and television broadcasting. Environ Health Perspect. 2006;114(2):248-253. Burch JB, Yost MG, Johnson W, Allen E. Melatonin, sleep, and shift work adaptation. J Occup Environ Med. 2005;47(9):893-901.

Camp J, Seixas N, Wernli K, Fitzgibbons D, Astrakianakis G, Thomas DB, Gao DL, Checkoway H. Development of a cancer research study in the Shanghai textile industry. Int J Occup Environ Health 2003; 9:347-356

Carter S, Seixas N, Thompson ML, Yost M. Peak exposures in aluminum potrooms: instrument development and field calibration. J Environ Monitoring 2004; 6:932-937.

Chang CK, Astrakianakis G, Thomas DB, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Ray RM, Gao DL, Wernli KJ, Li W, Fitzgibbons ED, Vaughan TL, Checkoway H. Risks of biliary tract cancer and occupational exposures among Shanghai women textile workers: a case-cohort study. Am J Ind Med. 2006;49(8):690-698.

Chang CK, Astrakianakis G, Thomas DB, Seixas NS, Ray RM, Gao DL, Wernli KJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Vaughan TL, Checkoway H. Occupational exposures and risks of liver cancer among Shanghai female textile workers--a case-cohort study. Int J Epidemiol. 2006;35(2):361-369.

Croteau GA, Camp J, Yost M, Martin D, Conrad C, Zeitlin P, Heald A. Evaluation of exposure and health care worker response to nebulized administration of tgAAVCF to patients with cystic fibrosis. Ann of Occup Hyg 2004; 48(8):673-81.

Croteau G, Flanagan ME, Camp J, Seixas N. Efficacy of local exhaust ventilation for controlling dust exposures during concrete surface grinding. Ann of Occup Hyg 2004; 48(6):509-518.

Daniell WE, Swan SS, McDaniel MM, Camp JE, Cohen MA, Stebbins JG. Noise exposure and hearing loss prevention programmes after 20 years of regulations in the United States. Occup Environ Med 2006;63(5):343-351.

Dennerlein JT, Johnson PW. Different computer tasks affect the exposure of the upper extremity to biomechanical risk factors. Ergonomics 2006;49(1):45-61.

De Roos AJ, Ray RM, Gao DL, Wernli KJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Ziding F, Astrakianakis G, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Colorectal cancer incidence among female textile workers in Shanghai, China: a case-cohort analysis of occupational exposures. Cancer Causes Control 2005;16(10):1177-1188.

Dills RL, Paulsen M, Ahmad J, Kalman DA, Elias FN, Simpson CD. Evaluation of urinary methoxyphenols as biomarkers of woodsmoke exposure. Environ Sci Technol. 2006;40(7):2163-2170.

Doran EM, Fenske RA, Kissel JC, Curl CL, Simcox NJ. Impact of dermal absorption factors in occupational exposure assessment: comparison of two models for agricultural reentry worker exposure to azinphosmethyl. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003;18(9):669-677.

Elgethun K, Yost MG, Fitzpatrick CT, Nyerges TL, Fenske RA. Comparison of global positioning system (GPS) tracking and parent-report diaries to characterize children's time-location patterns. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2006 Jun 14; [Epub ahead of print]

Fenske RA. State-of-the-art measurement of agricultural pesticide exposures. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2005;31 Suppl 1:67-73; discussion 63-65. Review.

Fenske RA, Bradman A, Whyatt RM, Wolff MS, Barr DB. Lessons learned for the assessment of children's pesticide exposure: critical sampling and analytical issues for future studies. Environ Health Perspect. 2005;113(10):1455-1462.

Fenske RA, Curl CL, Kissel JC. The effect of the 14-day agricultural restricted entry interval on azinphosmethyl exposures in a group of apple thinners in Washington State. Regulatory Toxicol Pharmacol 2003; 38:91-97.

Fenske RA, Lu C, Curl CL, Shirai JH, Kissel JC. Biologic monitoring to characterize organophosphorus pesticide exposure among children and workers: an analysis of recent studies in Washington State. Environ Health Perspect. 2005;113(11):1651-1657.

Georgoulis LB, Morgan MS, Andrianopoulos N, Seferis JC. Swelling of polymeric glove materials during permeation by solvent mixtures. J Appl Polym Sci 2005; 97(3):775-783.

Gold LS, De Roos AJ, Ray RM, Wernli K, Fitzgibbons ED, Gao DL, Astrakianakis G, Feng Z, Thomas D, Checkoway H. Brain tumors and occupational exposures in a cohort of female textile workers in Shanghai, China. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2006;32(3):178-184.

Goldman B, Sheppard L, Kujawa SG, Seixas NS. Modeling distortion product otoacoustic emission input/output functions using segmented regression. J Acoust Soc Am. 2006;120(5 Pt 1):2764-2776.

Jimenez J, Wu C-F, Claiborn C, Gould T, Simpson C, Larson T, Liu LJS. Agricultural burning smoke in Eastern Washington: Part I. Atmospheric characterization. Atmos Environ 2006; 40(4):639-650

Johns DO, Daniell WE, Shen DD, Kalman DA, Dills RL, Morgan MS. Ethanol-induced increase in the metabolic clearance of 1,1,1-trichloroethane in human volunteers. Toxicol Sci. 2006;92(1):61-70.

Johns DO, Dills RL, Morgan MS. Evaluation of dynamic headspace with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for the determination of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethanol, and trichloroacetic acid in biological samples. J Chromatog B 2005; 817(2):255-261.

Larson T, Gould T, Simpson CD, Claiborn C. Lewtas J, Liu LJ-S. Source apportionment of indoor, outdoor and personal PM2.5 In Seattle, WA using positive matrix factorization. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 2004, 54:1175-1187.

Li W, Ray RM, Gao DL, Fitzgibbons ED, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Wernli KJ, Astrakianakis G, Feng Z, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Occupational risk factors for nasopharyngeal cancer among female textile workers in Shanghai, China. Occup Environ Med. 2006;63(1):39-44.

Lu C, Kedan G, Fisker-Andersen J, Kissel JC, Fenske RA (2004). Multipathway organophosphorus pesticide exposures of preschool children living in agricultural and nonagricultural communities. Environ Res. 96(3):283-9.

Lu C, Rodriguez T, Funez A, Irish RS, Fenske RA. The assessment of occupational exposure to diazinon in Nicaraguan plantation workers using saliva biomonitoring. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2006;1076:355-365.

Lu C, Toepel K, Irish R, Fenske RA, Barr DB, Bravo R. Organic diets significantly lower children's dietary exposure to organophosphorus pesticides. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Feb;114(2):260-263.

Naeher LP, Brauer M, Lipsett M, Zelikoff JT, Simpson CD, Koenig JQ, Smith KR. Woodsmoke health effects: a review. Inhal Toxicol. 2007;19(1):67-106.

Neitzel RL, Berna BE, Seixas NS. Noise exposures aboard catcher/processor fishing vessels. Am J Ind Med. 2006;49(8):624-633.

Neitzel R, Seixas N, Goldman B, Daniell W. Contributions of non-occupational activities to total noise exposure of construction workers. Ann Occup Hyg 2004; 48: 463-473.

Neitzel R, Seixas N, Olson J, Daniell W, Goldman B. Non-occupational noise: Exposures associated with routine activities. J Acoust Soc Am 2004; 115:237-245.

Park RM, Schulte PA, Bowman JD, Walker JT, Bondy SC, Yost MG, Touchstone JA, Dosemeci M. Potential occupational risks for neurodegenerative diseases. Am J Ind Med. 2005;48(1):63-77.

Pierce CH, Chen YL, Hurtle W, Morgan MS. Exponential modeling, washout curve reconstruction, and estimation of half-life of toluene and its metabolites. J Toxicol Environ Health 2004; 67(14):1131-1158.

Reeb-Whitaker CK, Seixas NS, Sheppard L, Neitzel R. Accuracy of task recall for epidemiological exposure assessment to construction noise. Occup and Environ Med 2004; 61:135-142.

Rodriguez T, Younglove L, Lu C, Funez A, Weppner S, Barr DB, Fenske RA. Biological monitoring of pesticide exposures among applicators and their children in Nicaragua. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2006;12(4):312-320.

Russell SJ, Winnemuller L, Camp JE, Johnson PW. Comparing the results of five lifting analysis tools. Appl Ergon. 2007;38(1):91-97.

Sechena R, Liao S, Lorenzana R, Nakano C, Polissar N, Fenske R. Asian American and Pacific Islander seafood consumption – a community-based study in King County, Washington. J Exposure Anal Environ Epidemiol 2003; 13:256-266.

Seixas N, Kujawa G, Norton S, Sheppard L, Neitzel R, Slee A. Predictors of hearing threshold levels and distortion product otoacoustic emissions among noise exposure young adults. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61:899-907.

Seixas NS, Sheppard L, Neitzel R. Comparison of task-based and full-shift strategies for noise exposure assessment. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 2003; 64:823-829.

Simpson CD, Katz BS, Dills R, Kalman DA. Determination of levoglucosan in atmospheric fine particulate matter. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 2004; 54:689-694.

Simpson CD, Paulsen M, Dills RL, Liu LJ-S, Kalman DA. Determination of methoxyphenols in ambient atmospheric particulate: tracers for wood combustion. Environ Sci Technol 2005; 39(2):631-637.

Weppner S, Elgethun K, Lu C, Hebert V, Yost MG, Fenske RA. The Washington aerial spray drift study: Children's exposure to methamidophos in an agricultural community following fixed-wing aircraft applications. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2006;16(5):387-396.

Wernli KJ, Astrakianakis G, Camp JE, Ray RM, Chang CK, Li GD, Thomas DB, Checkoway H, Seixas NS. Development of a job exposure matrix (JEM) for the textile industry in Shanghai, China. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2006;3(10):521-529.

Wernli KJ, Fitzgibbons ED, Ray RM, Gao DL, Li W, Seixas NS, Camp JE, Astrakianakis G, Feng Z, Thomas DB, Checkoway H. Occupational risk factors for esophageal and stomach cancers among female textile workers in Shanghai, China. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;163(8):717-725.

Wernli KJ, Ray RM, Gao DL, De Roos AJ, Checkoway H, Thomas DB. Menstrual and reproductive factors in relation to risk of endometrial cancer in Chinese women. Cancer Causes Control. 2006;17(7):949-955.

Winnemuller LL, Spielholz PO, Daniell WE, Kaufman JD. Comparison of ergonomist, supervisor, and worker assessments of work-related musculoskeletal risk factors. J Occup Environ Hyg 2004;1(6):414-22.

Winnemuller L, Spielholz P, Daniell W, Kaufman JD. Comparison of ergonomist, supervisor, and worker assessments of work related musculoskeletal risk factors. J Occl Env Hygiene 2004; 1:414-422.

Wolz S, Fenske RA, Simcox NJ, Palcisko GJ, Kissel JC. Residential arsenic and lead levels in an agricultural community with a history of lead arsenate use. Environ Research 93:293-300 (2003).

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Conference Presentations

Ballew C, Galvin K, Tchong M, Fenske R. Determination of organophosphate pesticide exposure opportunity in cherry orchard workers, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Blackstone J, Johnson P. Comparison of child and adult anthropometry: Considerations for input device design, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 2004, New Orleans

Camp J, Winnemuller L, Russell S, Johnson P. Eight ways to assess a lifting tool, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Croteau C. Engineering controls for reducing wood dust exposures from manual sanding, Northwest Occupational Health Conference, October 25–27, 2006, Wenatchee, WA

Croteau G. Controlled and field assessment of LEV for concrete grinding, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim

Croteau G. The theory and practice of using enclosures for controlling noise, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim

Croteau G, Camp J, Yost M, Martin D, Heald A. Evaluation of exposure and health care worker response to nebulized administration of tgAAVCF to patients with cystic fibrosis, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Croteau G, Camp J, Yost M, Nguyen F, Nguyen B. Silica dust exposures in Vietnamese refractory brick plants, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Croteau G, Flanagan ME. Silica in construction: Exposure assessment and control, Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety & Health Conference, March 2, 2005, Portland

Dills RL, Evaluation of urinary methoxyphenols as biomarkers of woodsmoke exposure, International Society of Exposure Analysis: Oct 30–Nov 3, 2005, Tucson, Arizona

Fenske RA, Interventions to reduce para-occupational exposure for agricultural worker families, International Society of Exposure Analysis: Oct 30–Nov 3, 2005, Tucson, Arizona

Fenske RA, Use of exposure databases for pesticide health risk assessments, International Society of Exposure Analysis: Oct 30–Nov 3, 2005, Tucson, Arizona

Flanagan M. Wood floor refinishing-exposure and controls, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim.

Galvin K, Fenske R, Negrete M, Powers K, Lu C. Commute vehicle and workplace factors as predictors of pesticide take home residues for agricultural workers, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Galvin K, Fenske R, Tchong M, Servin F, Lewis K, Borges O. Fluorescent tracer as an enhancement to hands-on pesticide safety training for pesticide handlers, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Gleason R. The overwarning of America: Safety labels—the good, the bad, and the obvious, Northwest Occupational Health Conference, October 25–27, 2006, Wenatchee, WA

Gleason R. Third party liability in construction safety and health, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim

Gleason R. Construction and general industry training in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Workplace Health & Safety in the Global Economy, April 29–30, 2005, Eugene, OR

Gleason R. Respiratory hazards and respiratory protection, Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety & Health Conference, March 2, 2005, Portland

Johns D, Morgan M, Daniell W, Kalman D, Shen D. The effect of ethanol consumption on the rate of biotransformation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim

Johnson P, Ibbotson J, Dennerlein J. An EVA- based method for non-invasively deriving force exposures during computer work, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 2004, New Orleans

Morris-Fine K, Hollenbeck R. Toxicology evaluations: A streamlined process, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim

Neitzel R. Noise levels and hearing protection use on large fishing vessels., National Hearing Conservation Association, Savannah, Georgia, February 15 - 17, 2007

Neitzel R. Variability of field-based hearing protection device attenuation measurements, Acoustical Society of America, Nov. 30, 2006, Honolulu

Runnion V. The new hexavalent chromium standard and what it means for hot work on stainless steel, Northwest Occupational Health Conference, October 25–27, 2006, Wenatchee, WA

Russell S, Winnemuller L, Camp J, Johnson P. Comparing the results of five lifting analysis tools, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 2004, New Orleans

Seixas N. Health and safety experience among Seattle-area day laborers, Northwest Occupational Health Conference, October 25–27, 2006, Wenatchee, WA

Seixas N, Goldman B, Sheppard L, Neitzel R, Norton S, Kujawa S. Prospective noise induced changes to hearing among construction industry apprentices, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 21–26, 2005, Anaheim

Simpson C. Measurement of 1-nitropyrene metabolites in human urine: A potential marker for exposure to diesel exhaust, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology/International Society of Exposure Analysis, September 2006, Paris, France

Tchong M, Galvin K, Ballew C, Fenske R. Portable work boot storage for agricultural workers, American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 13-18, 2006, Chicago

Turnberg W, Daniell WE, Duchin J. Respiratory infection control practices and surveillance knowledge among healthcare workers in primary and emergency care settings, American Public Health Association, November 4–8, 2006, Boston

Winnemuller L, Camp J, Russell S, Ibbotson-Brown J, Johnson P. Standardized vs. actual work: Assessment of trapezius muscle activity during grocery cashiering, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 2004, New Orleans

Wu C. Innovative optical remote sensing techniques: Particulate matter, Air & Waste Management Association: June 20–23, 2006, New Orleans

Wu C. Optical remote sensing for natural and anthropogenic emissions, Air & Waste Management Association: June 20–23, 2006, New Orleans

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