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

Session No. 24
Monday, 26 August 2013: 2:10 PM-5:30 PM
Monroe (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

Children’s Health and the Environment

 

Heather Gingerich, Chair
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2:10 PM
INVITED KEYNOTE: AN OVERVIEW OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN’S HEALTH INEQUITIES IN CANADA WITH A FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS & DEVELOPMENT ON THE LUBICON CREE TERRITORY; HIGHLIGHTING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVATIONS OF CUMULATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR FAMILY’S HEALTH
MARTIN-HILL, Dawn, MacMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, dawnm@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca, dawnm@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
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2:50 PM
THE IMPACT OF WATER AND SANITATION ON CHILDHOOD MORTALITY IN NIGERIA
EZEH, Osita K.1, AGHO, K.E1, HALL, John2 and DIBLEY, Michael3, (1)School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW, 2571, Australia, (2)School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2306, Australia, (3)School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, 17183417@student.uws.edu.au, 17183417@student.uws.edu.au
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
IMPLEMENTATION OF GIS FOR RESEARCH ON NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS (NTDS) IN CHINA
ZHENG, Xiaoying and WANG, Haochen, Institute of Population Research, PKU/ WHO Collaboration Center for Research in Reproductive Health and Population Science, 239, Institute of Population Research, PKU, #5, Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China, xzheng@pku.edu.cn, xzheng@pku.edu.cn
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3:50 PM
TOWARDS MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF AUTISM PREVALENCE WORLDWIDE
ADDA, Patrick, Geodesy and Geomatics, University of New Brunswick, 15 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 2Y1, Canada, padda@unb.ca, padda@unb.ca
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4:10 PM
BURDEN OF DISEASE: EARTH MATERIALS AS NATURALLY OCCURRING TOXICANTS.  WHAT COST TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS?
DOUMA, Stephanie, Terrapetratox, 446 Hartleigh Ave, Ottawa, ON K2B 5J4, Canada and KLASSEN, Rodney A., retired Natural Resources Canada Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K2B 5J4, Canada, douma@terrapetratox.ca, douma@terrapetratox.ca
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4:30 PM
OCCURRENCE OF POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC SOIL-DWELLING ACANTHAMOEBA ISOLATED FROM RECREATIONAL PARKS OF IRAN
NIYYATI, Maryam, EBRAHIMI, Maryam, HAGHIGHI, Ali and MAFI, Mahyar, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 0098, Iran, maryamniyati@yahoo.com, maryamniyati@yahoo.com
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4:50 PM
BABY BEAR CARE: A NEW TOOL FOR AVOIDING FLUORIDE TOXICITY IN FORMULA-FED INFANTS
GINGERICH, Heather, Ground Truth Environmental Reconciliation Services, Ingersoll, ON N5C 2Y4, Canada, medical.geologist@gmail.com, medical.geologist@gmail.com
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