Applying new biotechnologies to the study of occupational cancer: a NORA cancer research methods workshop.

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• Personal Author:
  Blair A ; Rothman N ; Ruder A ; Savage RE ; Schulte, Paul A. ; Smith MT ; Toraason M ; Ward EM ; Weston A
• Description:
  As high throughput technologies in genomics, transcriptnomics, and proteomics evolve, questions arise about their utility in assessing occupational cancers. To address these questions, the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health (NIOSH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) sponsored a workshop on May 8-9, 2002 in Washington D.C. The workshop brought together 80 international specialists. Their objective was to identify the means for best exploiting new technologies to enhance methods for laboratory investigation, epidemiological evaluation, risk assessment, and prevention of occupational cancer. The workshop was organized around 6 major topic areas: (1) the challenge of applying new biotechnologies to the study of occupational cancer, (2) markers of early biological effect, (3) inherited modifiers of risk, (4) applying genetic biomarkers to human studies, (5) applying new biotechnologies to the understanding and control of known or suspect occupational carcinogens, and (6) case studies on diesel exhaust, perchloroethylene, and metal working fluids.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Carcinogens Epidemiology Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Cancer Diesel-exhausts Metal-workers Solvents Workshops
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  124
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023383
• Citation:
  Working Partnerships: Applying Research to Practice, NORA Symposium 2003, June 23-24, 2003, Arlington, Virginia. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2003 Jun; :124
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  NORA Implementation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Working Partnerships: Applying Research to Practice, NORA Symposium 2003, June 23-24, 2003, Arlington, Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d198ec5040724acf520f4a6f9cd2ba1702bb575e86f15fe8b0f25c695047df14a171514a5e43e722e8573728b248ae52f032629ac29f3c964c1c006ca83e6ca0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181153/cdc_181153_DS1.pdf
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