24 Children’s Health and the Environment

Monday, 26 August 2013
2:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Monroe

Presentations

• 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
  Dawn Martin-Hill, MacMaster University, Hamilton, ON
  222743 (Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  THE IMPACT OF WATER AND SANITATION ON CHILDHOOD MORTALITY IN NIGERIA
  Osita K. Ezeh, University of Western Sydney, Penrith NSW, N/A and K.E Agho, University of Western Sydney, Penrith NSW, N/A and John Hall, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, N/A and Michael Dibley, The University of Sydney, Sydney, N/A
  219763 (Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  IMPLEMENTATION OF GIS FOR RESEARCH ON NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS (NTDS) IN CHINA
  Xiaoying Zheng, Beijing, N/A and Haochen Wang, Beijing, N/A
  220642 (Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  TOWARDS MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF AUTISM PREVALENCE WORLDWIDE
  Patrick Adda, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
  221400 (Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  BURDEN OF DISEASE: EARTH MATERIALS AS NATURALLY OCCURRING TOXICANTS.  WHAT COST TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS?
  Stephanie Douma, Terrapetratox, Ottawa, ON and Rodney A. Klassen, Ottawa, ON
  221420 (Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  OCCURRENCE OF POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC SOIL-DWELLING ACANTHAMOEBA ISOLATED FROM RECREATIONAL PARKS OF IRAN
  Maryam Niyyati, Tehran, N/A and Maryam Ebrahimi, Tehran, N/A and Ali Haghighi, Tehran, N/A and Mahyar Mafi, Tehran, N/A
  220567 (Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  BABY BEAR CARE: A NEW TOOL FOR AVOIDING FLUORIDE TOXICITY IN FORMULA-FED INFANTS
  Heather Gingerich, Ingersoll, ON
  221426 (Sessions)