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2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (25–29 August 2013)

Session No. 25
Monday, 26 August 2013: 2:10 PM-5:30 PM
Washington III (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

Medical Geography

 

Joseph Oppong, Chair
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2:10 PM
INVITED KEYNOTE: SPATIALIZING HEALTH: KEY ISSUES FOR GEOGRAPHY AND THE GEOSCIENCES IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH
RICHARDSON, Douglas B., Association of American Geographers, 1710 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009, drichardson@aag.org, drichardson@aag.org
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2:50 PM
VULNERABLE PEOPLE, VULNERABLE PLACES AND HEALTH: THE CASE OF BURULI ULCER IN GHANA
OPPONG, Joseph R., Department of Geography, University of North Texas, 1704 W. Mulberry #210, PO Box 305279, Denton, TX 76203 and TSCHAKERT, Petra, Geography, Penn State University, 322 Walker Building Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, oppong@unt.edu, oppong@unt.edu
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3:10 PM
SOME EXAMPLES OF BENEFICIAL EVOLUTION THAT BECOME DISADVANTAGEOUS WHEN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGES
POGGI, Sarah, Inova Alexandria Perinatal Diagnostic Center, 4320 Seminary Road, Alexandria, MD 20815, sarah.poggi@inova.org, sarah.poggi@inova.org
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:50 PM
DOES SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS INFLUENCE THE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF NATURAL GAS DRILLING? A CASE STUDY OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS USA
CHETAN, Tiwari, Dept. of Geography, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, Denton, TX 76203 and CARPENTER, Evan, MS Candidate, Department of Geography, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, evancarpenter@my.unt.edu, evancarpenter@my.unt.edu
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4:10 PM
LOWER HEALTH STATUS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS A GEOLOGIC OR GEOGRAPHIC CORRELATION ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL RESOURCES?
MOORE-NALL, Anita L., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480 and LAGESON, David R., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, amoorenall@yahoo.com, amoorenall@yahoo.com
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4:30 PM
ARE BIRTH DEFECT RATES HIGHER FOR RESIDENTS ON MOUNTAIN-TOP MINING (MTM) COUNTIES THAN THOSE OF NON-MINING COUNTIES: THE WEST VIRGINIA EXPERIENCE
LI, Ji1, ROBBINS, Shayhan A.2 and LAMM, Steven H.2, (1)Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, (2)Consultants In Epidemiology & Occupational Health LLC, Washington, DC 20016, jili@jhsph.edu, jili@jhsph.edu
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4:50 PM
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FROM COAL COMBUSTION; HETEROGENEITY IN COAL COMPOSITION AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LUNG CANCER RISK IN XUANWEI AND FUYUAN COUNTY, CHINA
DOWNWARD, George S.1, HU, Wei2, VELD, Harry3, LARGE, David J.4, ROTHMAN, Nathaniel2, LAN, Qing2 and VERMEULEN, Roel1, (1)Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht Univesity, Utrecht, 3508 TD, Netherlands, (2)Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, (3)Applied Microbiology and Geochemistry, Deltares, Utrecht, 3508 AL, Netherlands, (4)Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom, g.s.downward@uu.nl, g.s.downward@uu.nl
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5:10 PM
GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF YUNNAN SUDDEN DEATHS
LUO, Kunli, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, A11, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China, luokl@igsnrr.ac.cn, luokl@igsnrr.ac.cn
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