Environmental Pollutants

Saturday, May 19, 2012: 2:30 PM
Dominion Ballroom (Sheraton Centre Toronto)
1:30 PM
I. Burstyn, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Burstyn will discuss the epidemiological literature on the role of maternal smoking of tobacco products in autism etiology. Using this subject as a motivating example, Dr. Burstyn will focus on challenges of environmental bio-marker research and exposure assessment. Technique highlighted: instrument validation and Bayesian methods to correct for exposure misclassification.
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