Session No. 22
Thursday, 10 April 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Latham A/B/C (Inn and Conference Center at Virginia Tech)
T13. Evaluating Dust Contaminant Exposure and Impact on Human Health and Community Well-Being associated with Coal Mining Activities (Posters)
Authors will be present from 2:30 to 4:30 PM.
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CHEMISTRY OF ABANDONED SILTATION POND WATER AND STREAM WATERS FROM A SMALL ABANDONED WALL COAL MINE ON PROPERTY IN NORTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY KENTUCKY: A CASE OF NEAR ATTENUATION
NESBIT, Liz1, KIDD, Megan
1, STRAUB, Kristina
1, ARMENTROUT, Clayton
2, NEWBY, Neilson
1, WHITTEN, Christopher
1, SELLERS, Amanda
1, BURKE, Michelle
1, SILVERSTEIN, Joshua
1 and KREKELER, Mark P.S.
3, (1)Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 250 S. Patterson Avenue, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, (3)Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011, nesbitea@miamioh.edu, nesbitea@miamioh.edu
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ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN COAL MINING REGIONS OF VIRGINIA USING THE PRECEDE-PROCEED MODEL
GOESSL, Cody, Preventive Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2265 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060 and MEACHAM, Susan L., Preventive Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2264 Kraft Drive, VT CRC, Blacksburg, VA 24060, C-Goessl@wiu.edu, C-Goessl@wiu.edu
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EFFECTS OF MEDICAL SERVICE AVAILABILITY ON CANCER MORTALITY IN VIRGINIA
KENNEDY, Katie1, MEACHAM, Susan L.
2 and SUKPRAPRUT, Suporn
2, (1)Preventive Medicine, 2265 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (2)Preventive Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2264 Kraft Drive, VT CRC, Blacksburg, VA 24060, kkennedy@vcom.vt.edu, kkennedy@vcom.vt.edu
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WHY DO PREVALENCE RATES FOR DIABETES MELLITUS DIFFER BETWEEN VIRGINIA HEALTH DISTRICTS WITH DIFFERENT ECONOMIES?
SNYDER, Alyson, Preventive Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2265 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060 and MEACHAM, Susan L., Preventive Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2264 Kraft Drive, VT CRC, Blacksburg, VA 24060, asnyder@vcom.vt.edu, asnyder@vcom.vt.edu