International Congress 7 and 8 April 2011 Amsterdam
Venue: AMC Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The ICOH SCOM International Congress in Amsterdam was dedicated to the detection of new occupational consequences of work and health. At the Program page, you can share some of the knowledge, insight, and expertise that was presented at this congress by colleagues from all over the world.
Program & Presentations
April 7th, 2011
08.30 – 09.30 Registration
Morning session
Chair: Monique Frings-Dresen, Coronel Institute on Occupational Health, AMC / University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
09.30 – 09.40 Opening address
Monique Frings-Dresen, Coronel Institute on Occupational Health, AMC / University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
09.40 – 09.45 Helena Taskinen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
09.45 – 10.00 Introduction to the theme of the meeting
Gert van der Laan, The Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases/Coronel Institute on Occupational Health, AMC/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
10.00 – 10.40 Triangulated and targeted data-collection
Raymond Agius, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
10.40 – 11.20 Tracing epidemiological evidence for new work-related cardiovascular risks
Jussi Vahtera, Unit of Excellence in Psychosocial Factors, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Finland
11.20 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.45 Abstract oral presentations
11.45 – 12.00
Allergic for water from the swimming pool!?!
Harma Stenveld, dermatologist, Huid en Arbeid, The Netherlands
12.00 – 12.15
Evaluating interventions to reduce allergic contact dermatitis due to
occupational latex and chromate exposure
Jill Stocks
12.15 –
12.30 Using health surveillance data for online peer-benchmarking as an
educational tool to motivate participation in reporting
Raymond Agius
12.30
– 12.45 Relevance of repeated lifting tasks and high body weight in
retinal detachment: results of a case-control study in myopics
Stefano Mattioli
12.45 – 13.00 Poster presentations
The scaffolding shoulder and the effect of implementation of a shoulder pad – Leo Elders
Incidence rates of surgically treated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in manual workers, non-manual workers and housewives of Tuscany, Italy – Stefano Mattioli
Confluence of occupational factors contributing to Virchow’s triad and hence thrombosis – Stefano Mattioli
Epigenetics and Hypoxic effect on working environment – Amir Radvar
Does eye injury and longstanding exposure to liquid ammonia predict carcinoma: case reports – Nurka Pranjic, Head of Occupational Health Department Faculty of Medicine University of Tuzla Univerzitetska
Search for occupational cardiovascular risk by interactive medical Avatar -Jerry Tyszkiewicz
Does the Czech Statistics of Occupational Diseases Reflect the Reality? – Daniela Pelclova
The rnv3p network, detecting new consequences of work on health – Maylis Telle-Lamberton
Identification of new and emerging occupational risks using a text mining based information system – Anjoeka Pronk
Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis in a manicurist with ethyl methacrylate: first case report – Vincent Bonneterre
Immunologic status of agricultural workers in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy – Giulia Rabozzi
Tuberculosis and cattle breeding: the case of an eagyptian milker – Chiara Somaruga
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Afternoon
session
Chair: Claudio Colosio, Department of Occupational Health of the
University of Milan, San Paolo Hospital Unit, and International Centre for
Rural Health of the S. Paolo Hospita
14.00 – 14.40
Pharmacovigilance, lessons learnt
Kees van Grootheest, The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Foundation LAREB, The
Netherlands
14.40 –
15.20 Application
of pharmacovigilance methods in OHS
Vincent Bonneterre, Equipe Médicine et Santé au Travail, Hôpital Michallon, CHU
Grenoble, Université de Grenoble, France
15.20 – 15.40 Coffee break
15.40 – 17.10 Abstract oral presentations
Methodology
15.40 – 15.55 Best national estimates of incidence and trends of occupational and work related disease through multiple reporting schemes – Melanie Carder, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
15.55 – 16.10 Registry of outpatients examined by the Norwegian occupational medicine departments – Hans M. Gravseth
16.10 – 16.25 Review on the validity of self-report to measure work-related illness – Annet Lenderink
16.25 – 16.40 OccIDEAS: an innovative tool to assess exposure for the Australian Mesothelioma Registry – Malcolm Sim
16.40 – 16.55 Surveillance programme of work-related diseases (WRD) in France – Madeleine Valenty
16.55 – 17.10 Detection of new and managing existing occupational diseases in the Finnish chain of health care – Ari Kaukiainen
Board Meeting Scientific Commitee on Occupational Medicine (SCOM)
April 8th, 2011
Day 2
Morning session
Chair: Raymond Agius, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health,
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
09.30 – 10.10 Key note lecture on Nanotechnologies and Occupational Health Kai Savolainen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, New Technologies and Risks, Helsinki, Finland
10.10 – 11.25 Abstract oral presentations
Early warning systems
Easy-to-use nano control banding to for risks related to working with nano materials: Stoffenmanager Nano Birgit van Duuren-Stuurman
10.25 – 10.40 Tracing newly occurring occupational diseases with a sentinel clinical approach: From detection to alert – Vincent Bonneterre, Equipe Médicine et Santé au Travail, Hôpital Michallon, CHU Grenoble, Université de Grenoble, France
10.40 – 10.55 Suspected clusters at workplace: a difficult challenge – Catherine Buisson
10.55 – 11.10 An ICT application for real time surveillance and prompt discovery of emerging new occupational health hazards – Pierluigi Cocco
11.10 – 11.25 Using expert functions for detection for potentially emerging occupational health problems – Laurie Faisandier
11.25 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.45 Abstract oral presentations
New Occupational Cancers / New Occupational Neurologic Diseases / New Occupational Infectious Diseases
11.45 – 12.00 New occupational lymphohematopoietic diseases – experience of Korea – Hye-Eun Lee
12.00 –
12.15 Neuropsychological
performance among welders –
F. Kamen
12.15 – 12.30 Emerging zoonoses: the “one health Approach” – Claudio Colosio
12.30 – 12.45 Antibiotic resistant infection risks in industrial food animal production – Ellen Kovner Silbergeld
12.45 – 12.55 Poster presentations
3 cases of Non Hodgkin Lymphoma among welders exposed more than 10 years to a spray containing methylene chloride (dichloromethane) – Vincent Bonneterre
Case-report: precancerous and cancerous skin lesions limited to area in contact with epoxy resin in a man applying epoxy resin on floors – Vincent Bonneterre
Environmental and occupational clusters of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) associated with exposure to metals polishing dusts – Vincent Bonneterre
Oil leakage in aircraft: adverse effects for pilots? – Leroy de Graaf
A case of pulmonary infection to Mycobacterium fortuitum in a house painter involved in water-damaged buildings remediation -Vincent Bonneterre
Design and validation of a questionnaire for measuring hospital staff attitudes about pandemic influenza – John Harrison
Downsizing and restructuring within financial institutions following a major depression and it‘s association with sleep disturbances among employers and laid-off employers – Ásta Snorradóttir
Risk factors associated with longterm musculoskeletal pain and disability among nurses in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a cross-sectional study – Nurka Pranjic
Irritant vocal cord dysfunction and occupational bronchial asthma: differential diagnosis in a hairdresser – Fabrice Herin
Secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a case report of a mechanic involved in nondestructive testing of engine parts – Els Adams
Occupational exposure and the need for sinus surgery – Ben Nemery
Aerotoxic syndrome in two airline pilots? – Stephan Keirsbilck
Emerging Infectious Disease and Occupational Health: a Dutch approach – Monique Loo
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Afternoon
session
Chair: Gerard
Lasfargues
14.00
– 14.15 Aerotoxic Syndrome in aircrew and passengers: A new occupational
disease?
Michael Mulder
14.15 – 14.55
Contested Occupational Diseases: from belief to evidence
Jos Verbeek, Coronel Institute/AMC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Finnish
Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Finland
14.55 – 15.35 Emerging occupational lung diseases in emerging economies, Ben Nemery, Occupational, Environmental & Insurance Medicine, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract oral presentations
New work-related Psychological Disorders / Preventive strategies / New Miscellaneous Occupational Diseases
15.35 – 15.50 Dampness in primary schools: First lessons, Jos Rooyakkers
15.55 – 16.05 Iteration and evaluation of Quantative Structure Activity Relationships to identify novel occupational asthmagens, Raymond Agius, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
16.05 –
16.45 Organized
in collaboration with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work: A
Brief History of Occupational Disease: The Paradigm of Respiratory Illness (large file)
Paul Blanc, Professor of Medicine, endowed Chair in Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Closing
remarks
16.45 – 16.50 Jorma Rantanen, Finland
16.50 – 17.05 Dick Spreeuwers, The Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases/Coronel Institute on Occupational Health, AMC/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Click here to download the programme and abstract book of the congress as a pdf file.
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