Scientific Program
Under the broad heading of ˇ§Occupational Health under Globalization and New Technology,ˇ¨ the conference anticipates keynote addresses by leading world experts, invited lectures, and contributed oral presentations by researchers, scientists, farmers and students. There will be a lot of space for hundreds of posters. |
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Globalization:
- Sustainability in occupational health
- Social inequality in occupational health
- Unemployment and economic recession
- Migrant workers
- Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH)
- Chemicals of emerging environmental concern (emerging contaminants)
- Corporate social responsibility
- Ethics, human rights, social justice
New Technology:
- Information society
- Modern Industry
- Microelectronics
- Biomedical technology
- Nanotechnology
Methodology:
- Study design and data analysis
- Biomarkers
- Gene/environment interactions
- Disease and injury surveillance
- Health risk assessment and communication
Exposure Assessment:
- Exposure assessment and exposure modeling
- Endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Chemical safety
- Pesticide safety
- Food safety
- Heavy metals (e.g. As, Ga, In)
- Electromagnetic fields
- Ergonomics
- Shift work
- Work organizational and psychosocial factors
- Workplace violence
- Emerging infectious diseases
Health Outcomes:
- Cancers
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Respiratory diseases
- Neurotoxic disorders
- Hepatotoxic disorders
- Nephrotoxic disorders
- Reproductive disorders
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Skin diseases
- Stress-related disorders
- Emerging infectious diseases
Interventions:
- Occupational health policy
- Workplace health promotion
- Elimination of asbestos
- Poison control in Asian countries
- Antidote
- Tobacco control
- Health safety
Specific populations:
- Womenˇ¦s health
- Informal sectors
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