141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Water quality: Uncovering hidden sources of contamination and public health impacts

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Most of the presentations in this session will discuss the use of databases that include data from different monitoring system of water quality in different mediums, and its application for monitoring of environmental health related aspects as well as decision making
Session Objectives: Use information technology and systems for analysis of environmental health databases Apply environmental health data for public health decision making
Moderator:
Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH, PhD
Organizer:
Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH, PhD

12:30pm
Implementing and evaluating beach quality content in environmental public health tracking portals and products   

Mark Werner, PhD
     
12:50pm
Model of the evolution of a waterborne epidemic down a river system   

Steven Chapra, Ph.D., David M. Gute, PhD, MPH, Daniele Lantagne, Ph.D. and Graham McBride, Ph.D.
     
1:10pm
Actionable public health information from a temporal milwaukee beach water quality database   

Aurash Mohaimani, BS, John Hernandez, BS, Chelsea Weirich, BS, Todd Miller, Ph.D and Peter Tonellato, PhD
1:30pm
Odors from sewage sludge and livestock: Associations with self-reported health   

Steve Wing, PhD, Amy Lowman, MPH, Stephen W. Marshall, PhD, Alexander Keil, MSPH, Robert Hale, PhD, Yasuyuki Akita, PhD and Marc Serre, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Environment
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Black Caucus of Health Workers

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

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