Conferences and publications

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Papers

Mueller W, Jones K, Fuhrimann S, Sidek Ahmad ZNB, Sams C, Harding A-H, Povey A, Atuhaire A, Basinas I, van Tongeren M, Kromhout H, Galea KS. (2023) Factors influencing occupational exposure to pyrethroids and glyphosate: An analysis of urinary biomarkers in Malaysia, Uganda and the United Kingdom. Environmental Research, 117651, ISSN 0013-9351, Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117651.

Fuhrimann S, Mueller W, Atuhaire A, Ohlander J, Mubeezi R, Povey A, Basinas I, van Tongeren M, Jones K, Sams C, Galea KS, Kromhout H. (2023) Self-reported and urinary biomarker-based measures of exposure to glyphosate and mancozeb and sleep problems among smallholder farmers in Uganda, Environment International, 108277, ISSN 0160-4120, Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108277.

Ohlander J, Fuhrimann S, Basinas I, Cherrie JW, Galea KS, Povey AC, van Tongeren M, Harding A-H, Jones K, Vermeulen R, Huss A, Kromhout H. Impact of occupational pesticide exposure assessment method on risk estimates for prostate cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Parkinson’s disease: results of three meta-analyses. OEM. Published Online First: 07 April 2022. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2021-108046. The full text of the paper is available here

William Mueller, Kate Jones, Hani Mohamed, Neil Bennett, Anne-Helen Harding, Gillian Frost, Andrew Povey, Ioannis Basinas, Hans Kromhout, Martie van Tongeren, Samuel Fuhrimann, Karen S Galea, Recall of exposure in UK farmers and pesticide applicators: trends with follow-up time, Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 2022; wxac002, https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac002. The full text of the paper is available here

Mueller W, Atuhaire A, Mubeezi R, van den Brenk I, Kromhout H, Basinas I, Jones K, Povey A, van Tongeren M, Harding AH, Galea KS, Fuhrimann S (2022) Evaluation of two-year recall of self-reported pesticide exposure among Ugandan smallholder farmers. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health; 240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113911. The full text of the paper is available here

Jones K, Basinas I, Kromhout H, van Tongeren M, Harding AH, Cherrie JW, Povey A, Sidek Ahmad ZN, Fuhrimann S, Ohlander J, Vermeulen R, Galea KS. Improving Exposure Assessment Methodologies for Epidemiological Studies on Pesticides: Study Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(2):e16448 DOI: 10.2196/16448. The full text of the paper is available here

Ohlander J, Fuhrimann S, Basinas I, et al Systematic review of methods used to assess exposure to pesticides in occupational epidemiology studies, 1993–2017. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Published Online First: 25 February 2020. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-105880 The full text of the paper is available here

Galea, K.S., Basinas, I., Cherrie, J.W., Fuhrimann, S., Harding, A.H., Jones, K., Kromhout, H., Ohlander, J., Povey, A., Ahmad, Z.N.S. and van Tongeren, M., 2019. Impress: Improving Exposure Assessment Methodologies for Epidemiological Studies on Pesticides. Outlooks on Pest Management, 30(1), pp.18-19. https://doi.org/10.1564/v30_feb_05. The full text of the paper is available here.

Conferences

29th International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, EPICOH, 14-17 March 2023

Kromhout H et al. Performance of self reported and urinary biomarker based measures of exposure to glyphosate and mancozeb in a study on sleep problems among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Oral presentation

Fuhrimann S et al. Occupational Exposure to Pesticides And  Neurobehavioral Outcomes: Impact Of Different Exposure Measures on the Association. Oral presentation

UK & Ireland Exposure Science meeting, University of Leicester, 4-5th October 2022.

Galea KS et al. IMPRESS: Improving occupational exposure assessment methodologies (EAMs) for epidemiological studies on pesticides. Oral presentation

International Society of Exposure Science Annual meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 25-29 September 2022

IMPRESS: Improving occupational exposure assessment methodologies (EAMs) for epidemiological studies on pesticides. Oral presentation

34th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Athens, Greece, 18-21 Sept 2022.

Mueller W et al. Pesticide exposure assessment in farmers from Malaysia, Uganda, and the United Kingdom: an analysis of urinary biomarker concentrations. Oral presentation

28th International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, EPICOH, 25-28th October 2021

Mueller W, et al. Recall ability of pesticide users in Uganda and the UK: Results from the IMPRESS study. Abstract available here

Bin Sidek Ahmad ZN et al Urinary pesticide metabolite levels among farms workers in Malaysia: Pilot results from the IMPRESS study. Abstract available here

Ohlander J et al. Impact of occupational pesticide exposure assessment methods on risk estimates for prostate cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Parkinson’s disease – results of three meta-analysis. Abstract available here

14th UK/Ireland Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Meeting, 4th June 2021

Mueller et al. Recall bias in epidemiological studies of pesticide use in the IMPRESS study. Presentation available here

5th International Fresenius Conference, Worker, Operator, Bystander and Resident Exposure and Risk Assessment, 6-7 December 2018, Mainz, Germany
5th International Fresenius Conference, Worker, Operator, Bystander and Resident Exposure and Risk Assessment, 6-7 December 2018, Mainz, Germany
Oral presentation Available here

9th International conference on the Science of Exposure Assessment, 24-26 September 2018, Manchester UK
9th International conference on the Science of Exposure Assessment, 24-26 September 2018, Manchester UK
Oral presentation Available here
Poster presentation Available here

32nd International Congress on Occupational health, April 29 – May 4 2018, Dublin
32nd International Congress on Occupational health, April 29 – May 4 2018, Dublin. Available here

ECCA-ECPA – Crop Protection European Regulatory Conference, 7-8th March 2018, Brussels
ECCA-ECPA – Crop Protection European Regulatory Conference, 7-8th March 2018, Brussels. Available here

Biomonitoring for Chemical Risk Assessment and Control, 1-4 October 2017, Naples, Italy
10th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health (ISBM-10). Available here

EPICOH 2017, 28-31 August, Edinburgh, UK – mini symposium session
Cherrie. C Improving exposure assessment methodologies for occupational epidemiological studies on pesticides. Available Here
Hamey P. A regulatory perspective on the need for improved exposure assessment for epidemiological studies on pesticides. Available here
Kromhout H. Overview of exposure assessment methodological issues for epidemiological studies on pesticides. Available here
Basinas I. Improving occupational exposure assessment methodologies for epidemiological studies on pesticides. Available here