Health and the Environment at Work - the Need for Solutions
PRESENTATIONS
Session 1
Neurological disease: the next occupational disease epidemic
Professor Neil Pearce
Session 2
Neurotoxic effects of solvent exposures in spray painters
Samuel Keer
Differential Neurobehavioral Effects from Acute and Chronic Exposure to Solvents and Metals
Professor Diana Echeverria
Case control study of motor neuron disease – links with occupational exposures
Dr David McLean
Session 3
Social injustice, workplace injustice, and occupational health: on racism, class, gender and workers' health – an ecosocial analysis
Professor Nancy Krieger
Session 4
The New Zealand survey on occupational exposure and health
Dr Andrea 't Mannetje
Occupational dermatitis in New Zealand Cleaners
Professor Jeroen Douwes
Asthma in Sawmill workers
Dr David McLean
Occupational musculoskeletal symptoms, consequences and risk factors in New Zealand
Professor Stephen Legg and Baiduri Widanarko
Session 5
Occupational health surveillance
Associate Professor Barry Borman
Shift work, sleep, health and solutions
Professor Philippa Gander
Session 6
Re-emergence of old workplace hazards - are we doing enough?
Professor Malcolm Sim
Epidemiology and prevention of noise induced hearing loss in New Zealand
Associate Professor Ian Laird
The occupational hygiene perspective
Philippa Gibson
Session 7
Video exposure monitoring – a novel tool in the quest to reduce exposure levels
Associate Professor James McGlothlin and Mark Sharp
Reducing exposure to wood dust in joinery workers and furniture makers
Kerry Cheung
Methyl bromide exposures in workers handling shipping containers in Melbourne Australia
Mark Wagstaffe
Session 8
Environmental health effects of exposures originating from the workplace
Professor Allan Smith
Dioxin exposure and birth defects in Paritutu
Associate Professor Barry Borman
Industrial discharges with neighbourhood health impacts
Associate Professor Deborah Read
Session 9
Occupational exposure to carcinogens in New Zealand
Dr Andrea 't Mannetje
Cancer case – control studies – occupational risk factors
Dr David McLean
Session 10
Occupational Health Research to Inform ACC Policy and Operational Decision-making: Our Context and Possible Interests
Dr John Wren
Occupational Health Symposium
Warwick Quinn
